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Rev Frank Abton Lunsford Reid

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Rev Frank Abton Lunsford Reid

Birth
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Death
23 Jun 1911 (aged 33)
Sharon Township, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Education:
1902 Bachelors of Arts, University of North Carolina

FRANK ABDON LUNSFORD REID,
Son of Hugh Kirkpatrick and Elizabeth (Alexander) Reid, was born Dec. 4, 1877, in Mecklenburg County, N. C. He made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Sharon, N. C., at the age of twelve. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Bain Academy, Mint Hill, N. C. He spent two years in Davidson College and then entered the University of North Carolina, from which he graduated in 1902. He spent the next year in teaching.

Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1903, he remained there one year. He completed his theological course in the Louisville theological Seminary from which he graduated in 1906. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Louisville (South) in May 1906, and ordained by the Presbytery of Lafayette, Oct. 30, 1906. His only pastorate was that of the First Church at Lee's Summit and the Memorial Church at Wallace, Mo., from Dec. 2, 1906 to July 1910. After this he resided near Sharon, N. C., until his death, which occurred June 23, 1911, at Sharon, of tuberculosis, in the 34th year of his age. He was buried in the church graveyard, of Sharon, N. C.

He was married Jan. 25, 1910, in Lee's Summit, Mo., to Nancy Gudgel Drishell, who with one daughter survives him.
Source: The Princeton Seminary Bulletin, Volumes 4-6, p. 191, 192
Education:
1902 Bachelors of Arts, University of North Carolina

FRANK ABDON LUNSFORD REID,
Son of Hugh Kirkpatrick and Elizabeth (Alexander) Reid, was born Dec. 4, 1877, in Mecklenburg County, N. C. He made a public confession of his faith in the Presbyterian church of Sharon, N. C., at the age of twelve. His preparatory studies were pursued in the Bain Academy, Mint Hill, N. C. He spent two years in Davidson College and then entered the University of North Carolina, from which he graduated in 1902. He spent the next year in teaching.

Entering the Seminary at Princeton in 1903, he remained there one year. He completed his theological course in the Louisville theological Seminary from which he graduated in 1906. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Louisville (South) in May 1906, and ordained by the Presbytery of Lafayette, Oct. 30, 1906. His only pastorate was that of the First Church at Lee's Summit and the Memorial Church at Wallace, Mo., from Dec. 2, 1906 to July 1910. After this he resided near Sharon, N. C., until his death, which occurred June 23, 1911, at Sharon, of tuberculosis, in the 34th year of his age. He was buried in the church graveyard, of Sharon, N. C.

He was married Jan. 25, 1910, in Lee's Summit, Mo., to Nancy Gudgel Drishell, who with one daughter survives him.
Source: The Princeton Seminary Bulletin, Volumes 4-6, p. 191, 192


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  • Maintained by: J Vogel
  • Originally Created by: DSM
  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28987232/frank_abton_lunsford-reid: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Frank Abton Lunsford Reid (4 Dec 1877–23 Jun 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28987232, citing Sharon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by J Vogel (contributor 46975003).