Articles from unknown sources with handwritten date of August 1955. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Ray Reid, 61, Dies in Detroit; Burial To Be in Madison "Madison - Fred Reid received word today of the death of a brother, Ray Reid of Detroit. He had been in ill health from a heart condition for five years. Mr. Reid was born in Madison, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John E. Reid, and lived here most of his life. He would have 61 Sept. 1. He was a veteran of World War One and since that service had worked in Detroit for the Ford Motor Co. He is survived by his wife; also three other brothers, Bert Reid, Madison, Tom Reid, Waltham, Minn., and John H. Reid, Seminole, Okla.; and a sister, Mrs. T.W. Hoy, Kansas City. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete, but burial will be in Madison." H. Ray Reid "H. Ray Reid, son of the late John and Mae Turpitt Reid, died in Detroit, Michigan, August 5, of coronary thrombosis. Mr. Reid was 61 years of age and a native of this community. He is survived by his wife, the former Edith Collins, a sister, Mrs. Eliza M. Hoy, of Kansas City, 4 brothers, John of Seminole, Okla., Tom of Minnesota and Elbert and Fred of Madison. The body was brought to the Thompson Funeral Chapel Monday and funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Ray Heifner. Burial was in Sunset Hill Cemetery." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562