A. F. Reid

REID, HENSLEIGH STORMONT, EDGAR, MCCLURKIN

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Date: 12/27/2018 at 10:48:50

Wapello Republican, August 15, 1935, page 1

A. F. Reid, farmer and lifelong resident of the Morning Sun community, died Friday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hensleigh, southwest of town, after several weeks illness.

Mr. Reid, the son of David and Jane Reid, was born on a farm southwest of Morning Sun, where he grew to young manhood. He married Miss Nellie Stormont, who preceded him in death several years. The following children survive: Mrs. Velma Hensleigh, Lloyd Reid and Mrs. Helena Edgar, all of the Morning Sun community. There are four grandsons. There survives also one sister, Mrs. Vina McClurkin of Santa Anna, Calif., and one brother, J. Melville Reid of Morning Sun.

He united with the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian church when a young lad and has for several years served as a ruling elder in the church. For a number of years he has been president of the Morning Sun Mutual Telephone Company.

Funeral services were held at the Sharon church Sunday, at 3 p.m. Burial was in the Sharon cemetery.