Funeral Services Set Tuesday for Longtime Oklahoma Horseman Jeffrey Heath ''Hoghead'' Reed

SEMINOLE, OK—JULY 19, 2024—Funeral services are set for Tuesday, July 23, for longtime Oklahoma horseman Jeffrey Heath "Hoghead" Reed, 53. The Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Seminole.

The funeral service is set for 10:00 A.M. (CDT) at the Seminole Church of Christ, 12040 Hwy 99 North, Seminole, Oklahoma, with his dear friend, Rook Rawls, officiating. Interment will follow at Little Cemetery.

Heath, the son of Jerry and Betty (Richardson) Reed, was born April 10, 1971, in Norman.

He graduated with the Seminole High School class of 1989, having completed all thirteen years of his education with perfect attendance.

Heath grew up and lived in Seminole, but he loved spending his summers in the mountains of Ruidoso, New Mexico. He loved catering for his friends, racing quarter horses, and being around family. He also enjoyed attending the National Finals Rodeo and riding his Harley Davidson Motorcycles.

A former trainer, Heath saddled 137 winners of more than $4.2 million dollars, including All American Derby(G1) winner Llano Teller, Remington Park Invitational Championship(G1) winner Louisiana Senator, and New Mexico Classic Derby(G2) winner Dm Hot Hot Hot to name only a few.

Heath had a great sense of humor and could make anyone laugh. He had a heart of gold and would help anyone he could. He loved his nephews and nieces like they were his own children and felt that family was the most important thing. Heath would bring everyone together and was loved by many.

To know him was to love him. From his time raising horses, he has gained many friends who are now family. Heath opened Hog’s BBQ to provide a place for the community to get together and give back to those in need.

He was preceded in death by his best friend, his grandmother, Billie Richardson.

Heath is survived by his parents, Jerry and Betty Reed; a brother, Kerry Reed, of Shawnee; nephew, Jerrod Kash Reed, of Seminole; nieces, Keeley Reed, of Edmond, and Karsyn Reed, of Shawnee; a great nephew, Kace Reed, of Seminole; great aunts, Virginia Burris, of Sapulpa, Cleo Pensoneau, of Lebanon, Tennessee, and Jaunell Moses, of Oklahoma City; a host of cousins, along with many other family members and too many friends to name.

Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole.