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A home building and store constructed at the same time in 1916 was the beginning of the Reed Grocery and Market by J.H. [H.T.] Reed, who moved from Rusk County to Ralls six years after the town was organized.However 1916 was not the first time Mr. Reed had ever been to the Plains. He came out in 1891 and 1892 looking over the Plains area but did not make this his home definitely until 1916. He was born in Rusk County in 1871, and was engaged ten years in frarming and later the grocery business. Mr. Reed had much property in Crosby and Lubbock counties. He helped the new town of Ralls in all enterprises. Mrs. Reed still lives in Ralls since Mr. Reed passed away.
The Reeds have four children: Mrs. Lorena Winn, of Shreveport, Louisiana; Mrs. Charlie Midkiff, Mrs. Ora Lee Edwards; and Otho, all of Ralls.
Source: "Through the Years, A History of Crosby County, Texas" by Nellie Witt Spikes and Temple Ann Ellis ©1951; The Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas, p. 433
Obituary
Mrs. Katie Reed, an area resident since 1917, died about 10 a.m. Friday in Crosbyton Hospital after a brief illness.Services were at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Ralls First Baptist Church with the Rev. Floyd Haddock, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Ralls Cemetery directed by Carter Funeral Home.
Mrs. Reed, a native of Coryell County, lived in Collinsville prior to moving here in 1917.
She is survived by a son, Otho of Ralls; three daughters, Mrs. Zora Midkiff and Mrs. C.O. Edwards, both of Ralls, and Mrs. Lorena Wynne of Shreveport, La.; a brother, Alonzo Shumate of Arkansas; three sisters, Mrs. Maggie Brewer of Gracemont, OK, Mrs. Ethal Carr of Hinton, OK, and Mrs. Nettie Houchin of Colorado Springs, CO; six grandchildren; eight great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren.
Ralls Banner, May 5, 1971
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum
transcribed by Linda Fox Hughes
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