Schley-Muscogee-Fulton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Reid, Sr., Allen April 15, 1953 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 May 26, 2006, 5:33 pm Unknown Reid, Allen Sr. 11-05-1892 4-15-1953 Allen Reid Sr., Gordon Foods Official Dies Here Allen Reid Sr., 59, an organizer of the Gordon Foods Co., in Atlanta and a former officer of Tom Huston Peanut Co., in Columbus, died Wednesday night in an Atlanta hospital following a heart attack. He was sales manager of the Gordon firm, which he helped to organize 15 years ago. The Gordon company called on Mr. Reid when it organized because of his experience in the peanut field with the Huston firm. Born at Ellaville, he lived in Columbus a number of years while working with the Tom Huston Company. He had lived in Atlanta about 20 years and was a Mason, a Shriner and a member of West End Baptist Church. His home was at 1639 Emerald Ave., S.W. Surviving are his wife; a son, Allen Reid, Jr.; five sisters, Mrs. W.A. Childers of Griffin, Mrs. Lester Dykes of Andersonville, Mrs. Lewis Wall of Thomasville, Mrs. E.A. Blythe of Columbus and Mrs. Council Bass, Americus; two brothers, Jack Reid of Ellaville and J.R. Reid of Winston-Salem, N.C. and several nieces and nephews. Additional Comments: Note: This obituary was included in an envelope with other old newspaper clippings. It doesn't include a date or name of the newspaper. I'm assuming it was taken from an Atlanta paper since Mr. Reid lived there at the time. I would like to correspond with anyone researching the Reid family. My great-uncle, Evans Alonza Blythe, was married to Mr. Reid's sister, Minnie. I obtained Mr. Reid's death date from the Schley County Archives cemetery page. He was buried in the Ellaville City Cemetery: Reid, Allen Sr. 11-05-1892 4-15-1953. There are other members of the Reid family buried in this cemetery including Mr. Reid's son, Allen Jr. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/schley/obits/r/reidsr8104ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb