Erick J. Reid, fourth child born to Joshua Austin Reid and Fanny Elizabeth McKenly Reid, was born in Paraiso in the former American Canal Zone of the Panama Canal.
An impressively handsome child, he was extremely intelligent and quick to learn. He was, perhaps, the most promising child of the Reid family at the time since in 1929, after the death of his father, he soon became one of his widowed mother's strongest supports.
As a teenager he continued his schooling and was accepted into the prestigious National Institute (Instituto Nacional) maintaining a Canal Zone paper route to help his mother and himself with household expenses and his educational expenses. He was always punctual, respectful, supportive and a very sharp dresser as he always put his best foot forward when it came to demanding respect from others.
He obtained excellent grades in school and was surely headed for the University of Panama Law School or School of Engineering since his ambition was to become a professional. Tragedy, however, visited him at an early age and he received his High School diploma on his death bed at the age of 19. His mother was heartbroken.
Although I never knew my Uncle Eric personally, my grandmother's incessant reminiscences about her Erick gave me much hope for my future and gave me a basis of virtue and discipline to guide my life ambitions.
Rest in the arms of Jesus, Uncle Erick, and know that you are much honored.
The Silver People Chronicle
The Silver People Heritage Foundation
An impressively handsome child, he was extremely intelligent and quick to learn. He was, perhaps, the most promising child of the Reid family at the time since in 1929, after the death of his father, he soon became one of his widowed mother's strongest supports.
As a teenager he continued his schooling and was accepted into the prestigious National Institute (Instituto Nacional) maintaining a Canal Zone paper route to help his mother and himself with household expenses and his educational expenses. He was always punctual, respectful, supportive and a very sharp dresser as he always put his best foot forward when it came to demanding respect from others.
He obtained excellent grades in school and was surely headed for the University of Panama Law School or School of Engineering since his ambition was to become a professional. Tragedy, however, visited him at an early age and he received his High School diploma on his death bed at the age of 19. His mother was heartbroken.
Although I never knew my Uncle Eric personally, my grandmother's incessant reminiscences about her Erick gave me much hope for my future and gave me a basis of virtue and discipline to guide my life ambitions.
Rest in the arms of Jesus, Uncle Erick, and know that you are much honored.
The Silver People Chronicle
The Silver People Heritage Foundation
Erick J. Reid, fourth child born to Joshua Austin Reid and Fanny Elizabeth McKenly Reid, was born in Paraiso in the former American Canal Zone of the Panama Canal.
An impressively handsome child, he was extremely intelligent and quick to learn. He was, perhaps, the most promising child of the Reid family at the time since in 1929, after the death of his father, he soon became one of his widowed mother's strongest supports.
As a teenager he continued his schooling and was accepted into the prestigious National Institute (Instituto Nacional) maintaining a Canal Zone paper route to help his mother and himself with household expenses and his educational expenses. He was always punctual, respectful, supportive and a very sharp dresser as he always put his best foot forward when it came to demanding respect from others.
He obtained excellent grades in school and was surely headed for the University of Panama Law School or School of Engineering since his ambition was to become a professional. Tragedy, however, visited him at an early age and he received his High School diploma on his death bed at the age of 19. His mother was heartbroken.
Although I never knew my Uncle Eric personally, my grandmother's incessant reminiscences about her Erick gave me much hope for my future and gave me a basis of virtue and discipline to guide my life ambitions.
Rest in the arms of Jesus, Uncle Erick, and know that you are much honored.
The Silver People Chronicle
The Silver People Heritage Foundation
An impressively handsome child, he was extremely intelligent and quick to learn. He was, perhaps, the most promising child of the Reid family at the time since in 1929, after the death of his father, he soon became one of his widowed mother's strongest supports.
As a teenager he continued his schooling and was accepted into the prestigious National Institute (Instituto Nacional) maintaining a Canal Zone paper route to help his mother and himself with household expenses and his educational expenses. He was always punctual, respectful, supportive and a very sharp dresser as he always put his best foot forward when it came to demanding respect from others.
He obtained excellent grades in school and was surely headed for the University of Panama Law School or School of Engineering since his ambition was to become a professional. Tragedy, however, visited him at an early age and he received his High School diploma on his death bed at the age of 19. His mother was heartbroken.
Although I never knew my Uncle Eric personally, my grandmother's incessant reminiscences about her Erick gave me much hope for my future and gave me a basis of virtue and discipline to guide my life ambitions.
Rest in the arms of Jesus, Uncle Erick, and know that you are much honored.
The Silver People Chronicle
The Silver People Heritage Foundation
