The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-16
MOTHER AND SON DEAD.
MRS. JOHN HOPE REID AND MAI. f.
W. REID PASS AWAY.

Three Hours After the Formers
Soul Had Taken Flight n Telegram
Was Received Announcing the
sudden Death of Her Son in the
Hotel Marlboro, New YOrk-Mrs.
Reid Was the oldest Lifting Native
of savannah and the Oldest Com
municant OF the Independent Pres
byterian Church-They VIII BE
buried From the Church at the
Same Time.
Mrs. John Hope Reid died at her resi-
dence. No lis State street, east, yester-
day afternoon at BIS O'Clock, after a brief
Illness, aged 81 years. Within a few hours
after her death a second shock came
10 the family and friends in a telegram
announcing the sudden death Of her son,
Maj. Francis Welman Reid, at the MARI
boro Hotel. New York city
Mrs. Reid was taken i'll Saturday,
but no alarm was felt by the fam
ily unu Sunday evening, when she
appeared to be rapidly losing strength.
Despite her extreme age, they did not
consider her condition critical until yes
terday morning, when kilograms were
sent TO members of her family, includ-
ing her son, Maj f. W. Reid who
was in New York city on his way home,
Maj. William A. Reid of Augusta.
ard her granddaughter. Mrs. Annie
Stewart Huston, of Coatesville, Pa, re-
questing them to come at once. Be
fore any of the absent members of the
family could arrive Mrs. Reid had passed
away quietly and peacefully, surrounded
by all Of the family in Savannah
Ia uyba 1{g
patch arrived from New York to Mai.
James I. Stewart to the effect that Mai
f. w. Reid had been found dead In his
room at the Hotel Marlboro. 1t is pre-
sumed, in the absence of any other jnfor-
nation, that heart disease was the cause
of his death. Maj. Reid had not been
feeling well for some time and had gone
from Savannah to Saratoga for rest He
lett mere about two weeks ago. and after
spending a week at the springs seemed
much improved. From there he had Wis
tied his niece, Mrs. Huston, at Coates
vile, going thence to New York, where he
arrived Saturday afternoon. He was TO
have loft on the steamer for Savannah to-
day, attending to business in connection
with the firm of Ralh Bros. in the mean
time, he representing that firms interests
here. kilograms were sent last night to
friends in New York TO have the body
forwarded at once by express to Savan-
nah.
Both mother and son win be buried to-
gcther from the Independent Presbyterian
Church. of which they had been lifelong
members, Mrs. Reid, in fact, having been
the Oldest member of the church both in
years and in the length of her connec-
ton with 1t as communicate. The fun
eFal arrangements VIII be announced
later.
Mrs. John Hope Reid was born In sa-
Vannah July 20, 1911. She was, doubt
less the Oldest native Of the city, and had
never resided elsewhere She was the
daughter of Francis N. Welman, who was
one of the leading cotton merchants of
Savannah in its early history. She was
married in 1929 to John Hope Reid who
was a native OF Fifeshire, Scotland, he
also being one Of the most prominent cot
ton merchants of Savannah at that time
A curious fact is that the father of Mai.
Reid died suddenly at the New York no.
tel on Broadway in 184S exactly a half
century ago From the time of her mar
riage siXty-nine years ago, Mrs. Reid
had resided continuously In the house
where she died. She was a regular at
tendant, upto to two Sundays ago, at the
Independent Presbyterian Church All who
knew her recognized her as a woman of
wonderful mind and most beautiful char
acter She leaves three children, Miss
Ruth w. Reid and Miss Madgle Reid of
Savannah, and Mai. w. A. Reid of Au-
gusta. Her grandchildren In Savannah
and Mrs. William r. Leaken, Mr.. Nj. Nj.
Stewart and Mr.. George II. Reid One
daughter of Mrs. Reid, Elizabeth, married
Maj James T. Stewart She died some
years ago.
Nal F. W. Reid was born at sa-
vannah and was educated in Scot
land. Returning to his native home
he formed co-partnership with
NAL J. T. Stewart under the title OF
Reid & Stewart, conducting a cotton busl-
ness. After the dissolution of the firm he
went to Columbus. and afterwards to Au-
susta, in both of which cities, as well as
IN savannah, to which he returned a few
years ago, he made many warm friends.
Since making his residence here he had
been doing business in his own name.
During the war Maj. Reid served gal
lantly in the Confederate army under the
late Gen. A. r. Lawton. He was man
of noble character and recognized as enc
of implicit honor and integrity.
DR. Fair viii officiate at the funeral of
mother and son.