WILLIAM A. REID (1945) Polk County, Arkansas

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Shirley Gentry

William Andrew and Sarah Frances (Lovelady) Reid were my husband's 
paternal great-grandparents.  They migrated to Polk County from 
Mississippi and Alabama sometime between 1892 - 1898.  
 
E-mail: sgentry@jps.net
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William Andrew REID        May 13, 1855 - June 2, 1945 


THE MENA WEEKLY STAR
MENA, ARKANSAS
June 1945
 
WILLIAM A. REID
     Funeral service for Wm. A. Reid, 90 year old citizen of Vandervoort, 
who died at a local hospital Saturday morning, was held Sunday afternoon 
at 2 o'clock at the Baptist church at Vandervoort with Rev. J.A. Beane 
officiating.  Burial was in the Witherspoon Cemetery, where he was laid 
to rest in the family plot by the side of his wife who had preceded him 
in death several years.  Burial was directed by the Geyer Funeral Home.
 
     Mr. Reid was a native of Alabama, and was born in Perry County, but 
came to Arkansas 52 years ago and settled in Polk County near Vandervoort.  
He spent the remainder of his life in the neighborhood of Vandervoort and 
Hatfield where he followed farming until about 20 years ago when he 
retired due to his age.  He had been a member of the Baptist Church 
since young manhood.
 
     He is survived by two sons, John of Vandervoort and Versie of Direct, 
Texas; 4 daughters, Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Lillie Keiss, both of Watson, 
Oklahoma, Mrs. Lula Underwood of Mena, and Mrs. Myrtle Shields of 
Bakersfield, California; also 40 grandchildren and 45 great-grandchildren.


Shirley Gentry
Roseville, California
www.gentryhevern.homestead.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gentle
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