ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. Obituary for: REID, RUSSELL THOMAS Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. Source: St. Tammany News (Covington, LA) Published Wednesday, October 26, 2011 ======================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ======================================================================= NOTE: If a Photo is available for an obituary record, a reference note will be included with the record. =========================================================== REID Russell Thomas Reid, age 64, of Slidell, passed away Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, at his home surrounded by his family. A native of Houma, he was a geologist and a member of St. Luke The Evangelist Church. Tom was a graduate of LSU, and a member of the LSU Alumni Association. He was a geologist for 28 years for Chevron. He grew up in Grand Isle, and enjoyed fishing, motorcycles, and numerous other hobbies. Tom was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother who will be missed by all. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert A. Reid and Annie M. Rogers Reid; his loving wife, Judith Mae Reid, and his one brother, Robert (Jimmy) James Reid. Survivors include his children, Jimmy (Leslie) Reid, Damien (Heidi) Reid, Nathan (Rachael) Reid, Joyce Reid, and Theresa Reid; his grandchildren, Emma, Ella, Mason, Audrey, Colton, and Benjamin, and his brother, Charles Wayne (Cathy) Reid. A Mass of Christian Burial for will be held at 1 p.m. today at St. Luke the Evangelist Church, Slidell. Burial will be in Gulf Pines Memorial Cemetery, Long Beach, Miss., under the direction of McDonald Funeral Home. Father Joseph Tang will officiate at the service, assisted by Deacon Harold Burke. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Association, 2405 River Rd, New Orleans, LA ===================