Obit of Reid, William Elmer - Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips   <okarchives@comcast.net>   18 Dec 2005
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:Sunset Memorial Park--Norman OK
Norman Transcript
October 17, 2003

William Elmer Reid

William Elmer Reid, 85, of Norman died Tuesday, Oct. 14, in Norman. 
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Park 
Cemetery with Chaplain Harry Smith officiating. Havenbrook Funeral Home in 
Norman is handling arrangements.

Mr. Reid was born April 8, 1918, in Reids, La., to William Edward and 
Myrtle Dove Reid. He graduated from high school in Leesville, La., in 
1936. He graduated pre-med major in epidemiology from Louisiana State 
University. He was attending graduate school at the University of Texas 
when Pearl Harbor was bombed. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942. 
He flew C47 Gooneybird transport planes in the European theater. He flew 
members of the Post-War Economic Planning Committee after World War II to 
all the capital cities of Europe and north Africa. He was honorably 
discharged from the Air Force Reserves March 21, 1966, with the rank of 
captain. He married Felicia Perry May 6, 1948, in San Antonio. He 
graduated from Texas Chiropractic College in 1949 and received a 
philosopher of chiropractic degree in 1950. Mr. Reid and his family moved 
from Louisiana to Norman March 15, 1968. Mr. Reid worked in the computing 
field at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center for 20 years.

Mr. Reid was preceded in death by his parents and brother, W.L. Reid.

Mr. Reid is survived by his wife, Felicia of the home; son, W. Perry and 
wife, Missy, of Edmond; daughters, Judy Reid Toland and husband, Dan, of 
Sterling, Va., and Licia Reid Iverson and husband, Wayne, of Norman; 
sister, Cala Sue Bobo and husband, James, of Florence, Ala.; and 
grandchildren, Coby and Ryan Toland and Kyle, Connor, Sarah and Brett 
Reid.

Memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice of Norman, 623 N. 
Porter Ave., Norman, Okla. 73071, or to the charity of one's choice.

Online condolences may be posted at 
www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com/Obituaries.html.
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