Obituary: Elisabeth Reed, April 7, 2013

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
Mar 2015
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The Observer/Enterprise, Coke County, TX - April 12, 2013

"First this life and then the next," was a saying Elisabeth Reed repeated 
often as she neared the end of her life. Elisabeth passed from this life 
to the next to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for eternity 
on April 7, 2013. She was 102 years of age.
 
She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Wayne S. Reed, her daughter 
Anne Hartley Powell and her son John McKinley Reed.
 
She is survived by her son Wayne S. Reed, Jr. and his wife Judy Reed of Dallas 
and Anne's husband Don Powell of Robert Lee; grandchildren Chris Walior and 
wife Caron of Houston, Michael Walior of Austin, Todd Reed of Frisco, Adam 
Reed and wife Joni of Dallas, and six great-grandchildren.
 
Elisabeth's family would like to thank all the staff at the Robert Lee Care 
Center who took care of her for the last five years. We very much appreciate 
the loving care she received from each one of you.

Elisabeth was born and reared in Monroe, Louisiana. Her mother died when she 
was 2 months old, and she was adopted by her cousin, who lived down the 
street from her family. Her childhood and early life was lived in a place of 
many trees - magnolias, pines, cypress and gentile surroundings.

Elisabeth and Wayne were married in 1940, and later their family moved to 
Delmita, Texas, in Star County, 30 miles from Rio Grande City. Elisabeth 
had come from the beautiful surroundings of Monroe to what may be the 
roughest part of Texas. When her husband Wayne was transferred to Silver 
with Sun Oil Company in 1953 and the family topped the divide coming from 
San Angelo to Silver, she thought this was the most beautiful place. She 
grew to love West Texas and lived 60 years in Coke County.
 
She often asked when her friends and acquaintances passed away, "Why am  
I still here?" We would tell her that God still had plans for her. And God 
did have plans for her. She brought love, joy and laughter to those of 
us who loved her and to those who knew her. She was an inspiration to all 
in the way she adjusted and accepted the loss of a husband and two of her 
children, and in the way she faced life each day with a good attitude 
and a willing spirit. She was glad to have a window in the Robert Lee Care 
Center looking out on an oak tree. She loved nature. One of her favorite 
poems is "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer.
 
What a wonderful blessing it was to have her for all these years. We will 
never forget her. We loved her very much and will miss her greatly. A Mass 
of Christian burial will be held on Friday, April 12, 2013, at 3 pm at Our 
Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Robert Lee with a graveside service 
to follow at the Robert Lee Cemetery.

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