Spouse:
Ressie Jane Crocker Reed
Married: June 12, 1924
Pilot Knob, Iron, MO

Children:
Alma Gladine Reed Reichert
Nina Mae Reed McCloud
Ruby June Reed Lotz
Samuel Luther Reed
Jerry Ray Reed
Bonnie Reed Gotham

Parents:
Samuel Brown Reed, Jr.
Pearl Ardania Williams Reed

Obituary:
LUTHER THOMAS REED --
Luther Thomas Reed of Bonne Terre, passed away January 8, 1977, at the Mineral Area Osteopathic Hospital at the age of 71 years. He was born June 22, 1905 in Piedmont a son of the late Samuel Brown Reed and Pearl (Williams) Reed.

He was united in mariage to Ressie Crocker on June 12, 1924, who survives.

Also surviving are: two sons, Sam Reed of Pilot Knob and Jerry Reed of Bonne Terre; four daughters, Alma (Mrs. Harry) Reichert of Columbia, Illinois, Nina (Mrs. Ronald) McCloud of Bonne Terre, June (Mrs. Douglas) Lotz of Millstadt, Illinois and Bonnie (Mrs. John) Gottman of Bonne Terre; two brothers, Everett Reed of Belleview and William Reed of Pilot Knob; four sisters, Mollie (Mrs. Wesley) Boring of Belleview, Gladys (Mrs. Earl) Anderson of Martinsville, Ill., Georgia (Mrs. George) Ahrens of Arcadia and Helen (Mrs. Carson) Russell of Springfield; fourteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were one brother and two grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 12, 2:00 p.m. at the Sparks Chapel in Bonne Terre with Rev. Darrell Jauch officiating. Interment was at St. Francois Memorial Park under the direction of Dale Sparks Funeral Home in Bonne Terre.

Lead Belt News, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Jan. 13, 1977.
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Ancestry.com. Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
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Marriages in Iron County, MO, RA-RE by T. Cauley
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1910 Census: Benton Township, Wayne County, MO; ROLL T624, Page 2A; E.D. 154, Image 859

(S D Reed, 28, Pearl 24, Luther 4, Everett 3, Mollie 1).

1920 Census: Kaolin, Iron County, Missouri: Roll T625_919; Page 3A; E.D. 23; Image 1053

(Samuel B Reed 37, Pearl A 33, Luther T 14, Ernest L 12, Mollie L 10, Lannie A 9, Gladys L 7, & William J 4)

1930; Census Place: Kaolin, Iron, Missouri; Roll: 1191; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0006; Image: 1140.0; FHL microfilm: 2340926.

(Luther F Reed 24, Reesie 22, & Alma G 4)

Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Columbia, Monroe, Illinois; Roll: T627_859; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 67-2.

(Luther Reed 34, Ressie 32, Alma 14, Nina Mae 8, June 6, & Sammy 2)
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current

Source Citation: Number: 361-18-XXXX; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951.