St.
Clair County Obits
LOWELL O. REID
Springfield News-Leader
14 March 2006
Lowell O. Reid, 87, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, formerly of Springfield,
died Sunday, March 12, 2006, at Muskogee Regional Medical Center. He
was born November 24, 1918, to William and Annie (Little) Reid in
Wentworth, Missouri. Lowell graduated from Pierce City High School in
Pierce City, Missouri. He continued his education taking IBM Computer
Training in Kansas City, Missouri. In his teen years, Lowell ran a
feed mill and grain elevator in Wentworth before his adventurous
spirit took him to New Mexico, where he worked on a ranch. He returned
to Missouri, and on November 29, 1941, married Jennie Hull, his high
school sweetheart, at Springfield, Missouri. Then Lowell went to work
at the railroad. During World War II, he worked on a munitions camp
near Kansas City. Following the birth of their first child, Lowell and
Jennie moved to Miami, where he went to work for Griffin Grocery
Company, later transferring to Joplin. In 1958, they moved to
Muskogee, where he continued his 43 years of service with Griffin's
until his retirement in 1987, as Data Processing Manager. Lowell's
life exemplified love, devotion and commitment. He and his wife of 64
years are the subjects o fa book, Lives Interlaced. Lowell was
preceded in death by his sister, Julia Mae Reid, and a grandson, Chris
Chaney. He is survived by his wife, Jennie, of the home; son and
daughter-in-law, Don and Sue Reid of Muskogee; two daughters and
sons-in-law, Dee and Wayne Coffman of Lynnville, Tenn., and Jan and
Carroll Bolinger of Muskogee; seven grandchildren, Sherry Dunkelberger
of Broken Arrow, Susan Mathis and her husband, Lyle, of Sallisaw,
Crystal Sacra and her husband, Ryan, of Tulsa, Gregg Bolinger and his
wife, Candace, of Kansas City, Mo., Gina Jandreau and her husband,
Robert, of Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., Kevin Chaney and his wife, Tunisia, of
Summertown, Tenn.; 15 great-grandchildren; one brother, William A.
Reid, of Duenweg, Mo.; and many loving nieces and nephews. Funeral
services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at the First Baptist
Church Chapel in Muskogee with Rev. Don Jones officiating. Interment
will follow in Greenhill Cemetery. Members of Lowell's Sunday School
class will be pallbearers. Funeral service arrangements are under the
direction of Foster-Petering Funeral Home in Muskogee, Okla.
