JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Clarke Reed, a Mississippi businessman who developed the Republican Party in his home state and across ...

As a former chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, he helped grow the party into a dominant force in the South ...

Clarke Reed, Who Helped Gerald Ford Win the 1976 Republican Nomination, Has Died at 96 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Clarke Reed, a Mississippi businessman who developed the Republican Party in his home ...

Clarke Reed, a Mississippi businessman who helped build the Republican Party across the South, has died JACKSON ... closely divided between President Gerald Ford and former California Gov.

(AP) — Clarke Reed, a Mississippi businessman who developed the Republican Party in his home state and across the South starting in the 1960s, died Sunday ... President Gerald Ford and former ...