William H. Reed
1873 - 1962 (88 years)
Generation: 1
1. William H. Reed was born on 15 Sep 1873 in Virginia; died on 18 Jun 1962 in Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia; was buried in Mountain View Memorial Park, Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia. Other Events:
- Occupation: carpenter
- Census: 1930, Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia
- Census: 1940, Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia
Notes:
W.H. Reed Dies; Rites Wednesday
Richwood (RNS) – William H. Reed, 88, of Richwood died Monday at his home.
He was a retired carpenter and a member of the Past 80 Club in Richwood.
Survivors include his wife, Bessie Reed; four daughters, Mrs. Kathleen Jordan of Charleston, Mrs. Mary Lois Walton and Mrs. Jo Ann Carpenter, both of Marmet, and Mrs. Ruth Creech of Lawrenceburg, Ind.; three sons, William H. Jr., of Orlando, Fla., Robert M. of Richwood, and James K. Reed of Fort Campbell, Ky.; and 15 grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Simons Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Allen McKinney in charge. Burial will be in Mountain View Memorial Park at Richwood.
The body will remain at the funeral home.
Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia. Tuesday, 19 June 1962.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146895250/william-h-reedWilliam married Bessie May Hedges on 2 Jun 1921 in Smoot, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Bessie (daughter of Joseph Brilhart Hedges and Martha Lee Hoff) was born on 4 Jan 1898 in Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier County, West Virginia; died on 22 Jan 1995 in Anstead, Fayette County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- William Hedges Reed was born on 3 May 1923 in Smoot, Greenbrier County, West Virginia; died on 3 Jul 2008; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Orlando, Orange County, Florida.
- Mary Lois Reed was born on 9 Mar 1925 in Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 15 Feb 2011 in Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia; was buried in Walker Memorial Cemetery and Gardens, Summersville, Nicholas County, West Virginia.
- Jo Ann Reed was born on 3 Nov 1929 in Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia; died in May 1985 in Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia; was buried in Marmet Memorial Gardens, Marmet, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- Ruth Elizabeth Reed was born on 30 Apr 1933 in Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia; died on 25 Dec 2002 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana; was buried on 30 Dec 2002 in Greendale Cemetery, Greendale, Dearborn County, Indiana.