Floid Monroe Reid, born in D’Lo, Mississippi on September 26, 1924, died October 20, 2018, in Jackson, Mississippi. Visitation will be held at Lakewood Funeral Home on Sunday, October 21 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home chapel on Monday at 1:00 PM with visitation one hour prior. Interment will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Pauline Sherman, his parents; Sam Reid and Myra Mae Smith Reid Westmoreland and step-father, Virgle Westmorland.
He is survived by his children Sammee Floid Reid (Polly), Paulette Reid Todd (Lewis), and Bernice Tillman “Timmy” Reid (Lynn); and six grandchildren Bondee Hall Bower, DeAnn Hall Wright, Heather Reid Williams, Hala Reid Shell, Leigh Ann Reid and Jimmy Paul Reid (Maria), 10 great grandchildren and 4 great, great grandchildren. He is also survived by his wife, Mable Dorough, sons Gary Dorough and Keith Dorough (Vicki) as well as 3 grandchildren, Sarah, Preston and Brennon and 4 great grandchildren.
Floid was a welder. His first jobs were in shipyards in Mobile, Alabama and in Houston, Texas. Later, he worked for trucking companies, retiring from ABF in 1986. He then devoted his energies to cattle farming. He loved the country and the cows. He continued to keep the cows even when he could no longer go to the farm. Working was his passion. It was his “hobby”. He had little understanding of people who didn’t live to work as he did.
He will be incredibly missed by his family and friends who loved and admired his strength and courage, his love of life and his sense of humor. The family wishes to express their grateful appreciation to Dr. John Biggs, his doctor and friend.
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