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Submitted: 8/17/21 • Approved: 8/17/21 • Last Updated: 8/20/21 • R447897-G447895-S3
Elbert D.
1887-1953
Edith E.
1889-1965
Edith E. and husband Elbert D.
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Elbert
Funeral services for Elbert D. Reed Sr., 1225 Thompson, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the First Methodist church at Claude.
Mr. Reed, 66, died Sunday in North Plains hospital after a heart attack two weeks ago. He had lived here three years and was associated with the Reed and Reck locker and cold storage company.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Reed; two daughters, Mrs. H.O. Reck, Borger and Miss Hazel Reed, Borger; six sons, Arthur, Harry, Harold and Thomas Reed, all of San Angelo, Joe A. and E.D. Reed Jr., both of Borger.
Other survivors include one sister, Mrs. Ada Norman, San Angelo; two brothers, Bennett and Harry Reed, both of Carlsbad, Tex., and 20 grandchildren.
The Rev. N.J . Starnes, pastor of the Borger Wesley Methodist church, will officiate, assisted by the Rev. W.R. Beaird, Methodist pastor at Claude. Burial will be in the Claude cemetery. *See note below*
Casket bearers will be Roy Stephenson; Joe Stephenson; Sammie Stephenson; Lee Goodin; Ernest Powell; Jimmie Osborn; E.D. Tate, and Harold Susan.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Monday, May 18, 1953)
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Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
Name: Elbert Reed
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1887
Birth Place: Middleton Township Wood, Ohio
Father: Arthur Reed
Mother: Mabel Carter
FHL Film Number: 422269
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Albert Donald Reed
Death Date: 17 May 1953
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 25597
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Elbert Donald Reed
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1887
Birth Place: Lima, Ohio
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Arthur Reed
Mother: Mable Carter
Age at Death: 66
Death Date: 17 May 1953
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Elbert Donald Reed
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1887
Death Date: 17 May 1953
Claim Date: 22 May 1953
Type of Claim: Death Claim
Notes: 18 Nov 1977: Name listed as ELBERT DONALD REED
*Obituary Edith
Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Ellen Reed, 75, are scheduled at 3 p.m. Saturday from Wesley Methodist Church where she was a member.
The Rev. Lyman Paul Wood, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Mortuary.
Casketbearers and honorary casketbearers will be the grandsons.
Mrs. Reed died Thursday at North Plains Hospital. Her home was at 1225 Thompson.
Surviving are six sons, Joe and Harold of Borger, Arthur of Spearman, Harry and E.D. of San Angelo, and Thomas of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Vera Reck and Miss Hazel Reed, both of Borger.
Also two sisters, Mrs. Stella Goad, Mrs. Mary Culver, Claude; four brothers, Arthur, C.C., Willie and Fred Stephenson, all of Claude; 20 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, February 26, 1965)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Edith Reed
Death Date: 25 Feb 1965
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Edith Ellen Reed
[Edith Ellen Stephenson]
Birth Date: 21 May 1889
Birth Place: Pike, Ill
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Joseph Stephenson
Mother: Reimelia Runger
Age at Death: 75
Death Date: 25 Feb 1965
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 8/17/21
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