Thelma Mae Reed

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Mrs. Annetta Bradmon Reed, 66 years old, widow of William James Reed and one of the best known residents of the Tri-Town Community, died at 8:45 o'clock Sunday night at her home at Vanderbilt following a lingering illness, her death coming on the 90th birthday anniversary of her mother, Mrs. Kate Bradmon. Mrs. Reed was born in Franklin township on January 20, 1871, a daughter of Mrs. Kate Bradmon and the late George W. Bradmon. In 1886, she was married to William James Reed and had resided at Vanderbilt ever since. Her husband, a widely known contractor, died in 1931. To this union were born nine children, three of whom died in infancy. Five sons and one daughter survive. They are: George Edward Reed, William A. Reed, Frank E. Reed, William J. Reed, Jr., and Mrs. Wray T. Laird, all of Vanderbilt, and Harry B. Reed of Washington, D. C. In addition Mrs. Reed is survived by her mother, four grandchildren, two brothers William P. Bradmon of Vanderbilt and John Bradmon of Grindstone, and two sisters, Mrs. H. H. Russell of Belle Vernon and Mrs. Daisy Phillis of Wilson. Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) 5 April 1937., R. Frank Reed, 73 years old, of Vanderbilt, died at 11:55 o'clock Wednesday night in Columbia Hospital in Wilkinsburg after an operation. He had been ill about 3 months. A son of the late John and Mary Walker Reed, he was born in Franklin township November 19, 1867 and received his early schooling in that district. A member of the Old Redstone Presbyterian Church, he was a carpenter by trade. His parents, a sister, Miss Cynthia Reed of Perryopolis, and two brothers, John of Brownsville and W. J. of Vanderbilt, preceded him in death. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Emma Fuller of Pittsburgh and Mrs. Etta Vandervort of Atasendero, Cal., and a number of nieces and nephews, among them W. A. Reed, G. Edward Reed, Frank W. Reed and Mrs. Wray T. Laird, with whom he made his home, all of Vanderbilt, Harry Reed of Atlanta, Ga., and W. J. Reed, Jr., of Sommerset.

Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) 22 May 1941.