Kathleen Reid

Kathleen Connally Reid, of Waco, passed away on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at Texan Nursing and Rehab at the age of 95. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Corsicana with Pastor B.F. Risinger Jr. officiating. Entombment will follow in the Mauseleum at Resthaven Memorial Park in Corsicana. Serving as pallbearers will be Graham Reid, Mark McClendon, Mark Wade, Herb Wade, and Scott Middleton. Kathleen was born in McGregor on April 22, 1913 to Forrest Oglesby Connally and Sallie Augusta Graham Connally. They were members of one of the first pioneer families in Central Texas. She graduated from McGregor High School and attended Long Beach College in California and North Texas University in Denton. While teaching school in Blooming Grove she met and married J. Miller Reid on June 8, 1937. There they owned and operated Reid's Pharmacy before moving to Corsicana where they established Reid's Pharmacy in connection with Medical Arts Clinic. Kathleen was a member of the First Baptist Church of Corsicana; Women's Club; Kinsloe House; past president of the Literary Club; District 14 Women's Missionary Union and a member of the Henry Down's Chapter of the D.A.R. After moving to Waco in 1997, she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Waco, and active in the Dorcas Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by her husband J. Miller Reid; brothers, Graham Connally, William Connally, and Robert Connally; two sisters, Jane Cole and Frances Bailey; and one son, Dr. John Miller Reid of Waco. Survivors include her daughter-in-law, Nancy Parker Reid of Waco; neices Sally Dee Cole Wade of Bryan and Betty Dean Murphy McClendon of Carrolton; nephew, Tom Connally of Seal Branch, California; grandchildren, Graham Parker Reid of Katy, and Paige Reid Porrello and husband Stephen of Milford Connecticut; great grandchildren, Nicholas and Katie Porrello of Milford Connecticut. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Corsicana Building Fund or First Baptist Church of Waco Dorcas Class.

Kathleen Reid

April 22, 1913 - November 30, 2008