T.D. Reed Royal Funeral Home

meet our owner

meet our owner

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Tyreque D. Reed

Owner/Funeral Director

The essence of Tyreque D. Reed is captured within his powerful name.

It is synonymous with trust & influence, and he wears it well. Rev. T. D. Reed is the only male child and the youngest of four children. He was born November 9, 2000. A proud native and product of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. T. D. Reed is an alumnus of Petal High School, class of 2019. T. D. Reed has served and gained knowledge and understanding at several funeral homes and local morticians, both living and now deceased.

Born into philanthropic royalty in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, he has always carried entrepreneurship deep within his soul. His godfather, the late Otis Wayne McMickle, and Longtime Family Friends such as Ira Peterson, S. Daniels, and GF masterfully taught him how to approach the funeral industry by arming him with an extraordinary reservoir of discretion, wisdom, and judicious fiscal shrewdness.

After obtaining an Associate of Mortuary Science in Professional Studies from Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service, he was licensed by the State of Mississippi Funeral Service Board. Reed made history in South Mississippi by opening a Funeral Home at the age of 24. The Grand Opening for the Citizens of the community, along with family were held on his 25th birthday, Sunday, November 9, 2025. An upright premier Black-owned Funeral firm in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, offering custom and traditional services from burials, memorials, and cremation rites and rituals.

T. D. embodies the steadfast devotion, insatiable wit, and revolutionary ethos that so many lavished upon his life. Among his most notable memorial renderings, he has served the loved ones of many dear families. These families all have testimonials and have experienced the servant leadership of this multihyphenate mogul.

“When I stand before God some day, I would hope that I would not have a single ounce of talent and treasure left, but could say I’ve used everything you gave me."

Undoubtedly, his contributions will reverberate throughout generations. The world will know that T. D. Reed was here.