The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04
VETERANR. R.
ENGINEER DEAD
L. T. Reid Has Short Illness.
Employee of L. H. & St. L.
For 81 Years. Former May
or of Cloverport.

Mr.. l.. L. Reid, one of the veteran
locomotive engineers in point of
seniority of service for the l..
II. & St. l.. Railway succumbed
at his home on River Street,
Friday morning at $3.50 o'clock
Mr.. Reid had been i'll for over a week
suffering with mastoiditis. His con-
dition grew worse on Thursday and
early Friday morning he fell into un-
consciousness, due to ruptured
blood vessel in his head, from which
he never rallied. Mr.. Reds death
came as great shock to his family
and friends. He was a man of large
stature and apparently in the best of
health before his sudden illness.
The funeral was held from the resi-
dence Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
The Rev. ] r. Randolph and the Rev.
Z. c. Nall officiated at the home.
Burial was in the Cloverport cemetery
The active pallbearers were: Messrs.
S. p. Conrad. L. McGavock, James
Winchell, Fred Ferry, Edward Graves
and H. NJ Behen
A great number of friends some of
whom were from out-of-town, at
tended the funeral, and many mes
sages of sympathy and floral tributes
were received at the Reid home from
the officials and employees of the
L. H. & St. L. R. r., and persons
whom Mr. Reid had befriended dur
ing his thirty-one years of service
with the railroad
Born in Ohio.
Lathrop Tracy Reid was born in
Bucyrus. Ohio, April &c, 1870 He
was the son OF the late William Reid
and the second member of the family
of ten children to pass away. Mr..
Reid came to Kentucky when he was
nineteen years old and started mork-
ing for the L. H. & St. L., which had
then just been organized and the late
William McCracken. of Louisville,
was president. Mr.. Reid has been an
employee of the road since then, and
at the time of his death he had the
regular run on the plug" accom-
mediation train between Cloverport
and Henderson.
Mr.. Reid was elected Mayor of
Cloverport about eighteen years ago.
He was reelected for the second term.
For several years he served as a
Councilman and was a member of
the board of school trustees AT one
time he was urged by his friends to
make the race for Representative
from this District on the Republican
ticket but he declined. Mr. Reid was
a loyal Mason, member of the Pres
byterian church since early manhood,
and was a man of a genial DISPOSE
ton. who made scores of friends by
his kindness and thoughtfulness.
Twenty-three years ago Mr. Reid
was married to Miss Lafayette La
Heist, daughter of the late Lafayette
LaHeist and Mrs Martha LaHeist
Smith. of Cloverport. Mr.. Reid was
the father OF seven children: Three
daughters, Misses Martha. Emily and
Eleanor Reid; and four sons. Will
liam L., Lathrop Tracy. Lafayette La
Heist and Charles Moorman Reid.
Three of his children are to be gradu-
ated this month. Miss Martha Reid
is to be graduated as nurse from
TIL; Jewish Hospital. Louisville. on
May 31st, and William L.. and Miss
Eleanor Reid are members of the
Senior class of the Cloverport High
School their commencement being
May 20.
Surviving with the widow and sew
en- children are three sisters. Miss
Lois Reid, of Bucyrus, O.; Miss
Anna Reid of Honolulu, H. L.. and
Mrs. John Martin, Sacramento. Cal.
Four brothers. Robert Reid, of Ocean
Side, CAL; Chas Reid, Calm, Ohio;
Edward Reid of Bucyrus Ohio, and
James Reid of Tonopah, Nevada.
Attending the funeral from out-of
town were: Mr.. Harvey McCracken
and son, James. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Ferry, Mr.. and Mrs. Gwen Bush, Mr..
and Mrs. Wordie Graham, Mr. Ed
Dickey, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Reynolds
and Miss Tema Leah Bloch. of
Louisville; Mr.. and Mrs. Mccarthy,
Messrs Shellman, Montgomery and
Petrie, of Henderson. Mr. Jerry
Keenan,, of Fordsville. Miss Lois Reid
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