"MY DAD'S COUSIN"
~*~ Lowell Onis Reid ~*~
( November 24, 1918 ~ March 12, 2006)
Lowell Onis Reid, 87 of Muskogee, Oklahoma, formerly of Wentworth, Mo., passed away at the Muskogee Regional Medical Center.
He was born to William Alexander and Annie Little Reid in Wentworth, Missouri. He graduated from Pierce City High School in Pierce City, Missouri. He continued his education taking IBM Computer Training in Kansas City, Mo. As a teenager, Lowell ran a feed mill and grain elevator in Wentworth before moving to New Mexico, where he worked on a ranch.
He married Jennie Hull on November 29, 1941, his high school sweetheart, at Springfield, Mo. He moved back to Missouri and went to work at the railroad. During World War II, he worked on a munitions camp near Kansas City.
After the birth of their first child, Lowell and Jennie moved to Miami, Oklahoma, where he went to work for Griffin Grocery Company, later transferring to Joplin, Missouri. In 1958, they moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he continued his 43 years of service with Griffin's until his retirement in 1987.
He is survived by his wife, Jennie, of the home: son and daughter-in-law, Don and Sue Reid, of Muskogee, Okla.: two daughters and sons-in-law, Dee and Wayne Coffman, of Lynnville, Tenn., and Jan and Carroll Bolinger, of Muskogee, Okla; seven grandchildren, Sherry Dunkelberger, of Broken Arrow, Susan Mathis and her husband, Lyle, of Sallisaw, Crystal Sacra and her husband, Ryan of Tulsa, Gregg Bolinger and his wife, Candace, of Kansas City, Mo., Gina Jandreau and her husband, Robert of Mount Pleasant, Tenn., Kevin Chaney and his wife Tunista, of Summertown, Tenn.; 15 great-grandchildren; and one brother, William A. Reid of Duenweg, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Julia Mae Reid, and a grandson, Chris Chaney.
Lowell's life exemplified love, devotion and commitment. He and his wife of 64 years are the subjects of a book, "Lives Interlaced"
Members of Lowell's Sunday School Class will be his pallbearers.
~*~
~*~ Lowell Onis Reid ~*~
( November 24, 1918 ~ March 12, 2006)
Lowell Onis Reid, 87 of Muskogee, Oklahoma, formerly of Wentworth, Mo., passed away at the Muskogee Regional Medical Center.
He was born to William Alexander and Annie Little Reid in Wentworth, Missouri. He graduated from Pierce City High School in Pierce City, Missouri. He continued his education taking IBM Computer Training in Kansas City, Mo. As a teenager, Lowell ran a feed mill and grain elevator in Wentworth before moving to New Mexico, where he worked on a ranch.
He married Jennie Hull on November 29, 1941, his high school sweetheart, at Springfield, Mo. He moved back to Missouri and went to work at the railroad. During World War II, he worked on a munitions camp near Kansas City.
After the birth of their first child, Lowell and Jennie moved to Miami, Oklahoma, where he went to work for Griffin Grocery Company, later transferring to Joplin, Missouri. In 1958, they moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he continued his 43 years of service with Griffin's until his retirement in 1987.
He is survived by his wife, Jennie, of the home: son and daughter-in-law, Don and Sue Reid, of Muskogee, Okla.: two daughters and sons-in-law, Dee and Wayne Coffman, of Lynnville, Tenn., and Jan and Carroll Bolinger, of Muskogee, Okla; seven grandchildren, Sherry Dunkelberger, of Broken Arrow, Susan Mathis and her husband, Lyle, of Sallisaw, Crystal Sacra and her husband, Ryan of Tulsa, Gregg Bolinger and his wife, Candace, of Kansas City, Mo., Gina Jandreau and her husband, Robert of Mount Pleasant, Tenn., Kevin Chaney and his wife Tunista, of Summertown, Tenn.; 15 great-grandchildren; and one brother, William A. Reid of Duenweg, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Julia Mae Reid, and a grandson, Chris Chaney.
Lowell's life exemplified love, devotion and commitment. He and his wife of 64 years are the subjects of a book, "Lives Interlaced"
Members of Lowell's Sunday School Class will be his pallbearers.
~*~
"MY DAD'S COUSIN"
~*~ Lowell Onis Reid ~*~
( November 24, 1918 ~ March 12, 2006)
Lowell Onis Reid, 87 of Muskogee, Oklahoma, formerly of Wentworth, Mo., passed away at the Muskogee Regional Medical Center.
He was born to William Alexander and Annie Little Reid in Wentworth, Missouri. He graduated from Pierce City High School in Pierce City, Missouri. He continued his education taking IBM Computer Training in Kansas City, Mo. As a teenager, Lowell ran a feed mill and grain elevator in Wentworth before moving to New Mexico, where he worked on a ranch.
He married Jennie Hull on November 29, 1941, his high school sweetheart, at Springfield, Mo. He moved back to Missouri and went to work at the railroad. During World War II, he worked on a munitions camp near Kansas City.
After the birth of their first child, Lowell and Jennie moved to Miami, Oklahoma, where he went to work for Griffin Grocery Company, later transferring to Joplin, Missouri. In 1958, they moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he continued his 43 years of service with Griffin's until his retirement in 1987.
He is survived by his wife, Jennie, of the home: son and daughter-in-law, Don and Sue Reid, of Muskogee, Okla.: two daughters and sons-in-law, Dee and Wayne Coffman, of Lynnville, Tenn., and Jan and Carroll Bolinger, of Muskogee, Okla; seven grandchildren, Sherry Dunkelberger, of Broken Arrow, Susan Mathis and her husband, Lyle, of Sallisaw, Crystal Sacra and her husband, Ryan of Tulsa, Gregg Bolinger and his wife, Candace, of Kansas City, Mo., Gina Jandreau and her husband, Robert of Mount Pleasant, Tenn., Kevin Chaney and his wife Tunista, of Summertown, Tenn.; 15 great-grandchildren; and one brother, William A. Reid of Duenweg, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Julia Mae Reid, and a grandson, Chris Chaney.
Lowell's life exemplified love, devotion and commitment. He and his wife of 64 years are the subjects of a book, "Lives Interlaced"
Members of Lowell's Sunday School Class will be his pallbearers.
~*~
~*~ Lowell Onis Reid ~*~
( November 24, 1918 ~ March 12, 2006)
Lowell Onis Reid, 87 of Muskogee, Oklahoma, formerly of Wentworth, Mo., passed away at the Muskogee Regional Medical Center.
He was born to William Alexander and Annie Little Reid in Wentworth, Missouri. He graduated from Pierce City High School in Pierce City, Missouri. He continued his education taking IBM Computer Training in Kansas City, Mo. As a teenager, Lowell ran a feed mill and grain elevator in Wentworth before moving to New Mexico, where he worked on a ranch.
He married Jennie Hull on November 29, 1941, his high school sweetheart, at Springfield, Mo. He moved back to Missouri and went to work at the railroad. During World War II, he worked on a munitions camp near Kansas City.
After the birth of their first child, Lowell and Jennie moved to Miami, Oklahoma, where he went to work for Griffin Grocery Company, later transferring to Joplin, Missouri. In 1958, they moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he continued his 43 years of service with Griffin's until his retirement in 1987.
He is survived by his wife, Jennie, of the home: son and daughter-in-law, Don and Sue Reid, of Muskogee, Okla.: two daughters and sons-in-law, Dee and Wayne Coffman, of Lynnville, Tenn., and Jan and Carroll Bolinger, of Muskogee, Okla; seven grandchildren, Sherry Dunkelberger, of Broken Arrow, Susan Mathis and her husband, Lyle, of Sallisaw, Crystal Sacra and her husband, Ryan of Tulsa, Gregg Bolinger and his wife, Candace, of Kansas City, Mo., Gina Jandreau and her husband, Robert of Mount Pleasant, Tenn., Kevin Chaney and his wife Tunista, of Summertown, Tenn.; 15 great-grandchildren; and one brother, William A. Reid of Duenweg, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Julia Mae Reid, and a grandson, Chris Chaney.
Lowell's life exemplified love, devotion and commitment. He and his wife of 64 years are the subjects of a book, "Lives Interlaced"
Members of Lowell's Sunday School Class will be his pallbearers.
~*~
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