Obituary of Mary Temple Reid

Mary Temple Reid, 82, of 465 Gumbridge Road, Elizabeth City, NC died Tuesday, June 24, 2003, in the Guardian Care Nursing Home. She was born in Pasquotank County, NC to the late Johnnie E. and Beulah Forbes Temple and was the widow of the late George Alonzo Reid. Mrs. Reid was a former employee with the J. C. Penny Co. and Belks as a salesperson, a member of the Newbegun United Methodist Church, U. M W., the Weeksville Lion Club Auxiliary and the Marcia Albertson Club. She is survived by two daughters, Scarlett Newbern and husband, Will, of Elizabeth City, NC and Mary Bessie Ward of Gulfport, MS; one son, George Alonzo Reid, Jr. and wife, Sharon, of Phoenix, AZ.; a sister, Pallie Mae Harris of Elizabeth City, NC; seven grandchildren, Sonja Hodges, Clay Hodges, Scott Newbern, Dwayne Ward, Patrick Reid, George Reid 111, and Denise Thomas, and two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Darwin Temple, Tommie F. Temple, Bailey Temple and Owen Burnham. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, June 27, 2003, at 2:00pm in the Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, 405 E. Church Street, Elizabeth City by Rev. Toni Wood. Burial will be in the West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will greet friends and relatives in the lobby of the funeral home immediately following the chapel services and at other times at the residence of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Will Newbern, 475 Gumbridge Road, Elizabeth City. The family suggests memorial gifts may be made to the Newbegun United Methodist Church, 2117 Nixonton Road, Elizabeth City, NC 27909.To sign the online register, please visit www.twifordfh.com.