Margaret Stewart Gallacher and James Curtis Reid

JAMES CURTIS REID, son of BERTHA SELINA BEAUCHAMP and JAMES CURTIS REID, was born December 2, 1915 in Ohio,⁵⁶ and died October 13, 1989 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.^{56, 10939}

He married MARGARET STEWART GALLACHER on July 12, 1941 in Visitation Church, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.⁴⁸⁹⁷ She was born March 10, 1916 in Ayr, Scotland,¹¹²⁶³ and died September 29, 1984 in Crystal River, Citrus, Florida.⁴⁸⁹⁸

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Detroit Free Press, July 13, 1941⁴⁸⁹⁷

Bride Wears White for Wedding

Mr. and Mrs. Reid to Make Home in Washington

AT AN EARLY morning service in Visitation Church on Saturday, Margaret Gallacher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Gallacher, of W. Chicago Blvd., became the bride of James C. Reid, Jr., son of James C. Reid, of Kentucky Ave., and the late Mrs. Reid.

The bride, escorted to tha latar by her father, wore a gown of sheer white chiffon with long bloused sleeves tied at the wrists. The very full skirt fell in graceful folds from the gathered waist and floated into a long train in back. Her full finger-tip veil was gathered ot flat-petalled flowers made of the veiling, and the flowers were surrounded by tiny sprigs of valley-lilies. She carried a white prayer-book topped by two deep purple orchids.

MRS. OWEN C. IRELAND, the matron of honor, wore chartreuse chiffon, fashioned like the bride's gown, and a matching horsehair halo-hat with grosgrain streamers. She carried a shower bouquet of peach-toned gladioli and pale blue stock tied with a huge bow of deep peach maline.

Glenna Reid, sister of the bridegroom, and Jean McKie, the bride's cousin, were bridesmaids, and were dressed alike in daffodil yellow chiffon. They wore shirred tiaras with face-veils, and carried bouquets of peach gladioli and purple delphinium.

The best man was Owen C. Ireland, and seating the guests were James Gallacher, brother of the bride, and Charles Reid, the bridegroom's brother.

AFTER THE CEREMONY there was a wedding breakfast at Devon Gables for 40 guests. Among those from out-of-town were Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Allen, of New Jersey; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kradle, Suzanne Kradle, Elizabeth Hepler, and James Hepler, of Butler, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. William Walda, of Fort Wayne, Ind.

Shortly after the breakfast, the bride and bridegroom left for a honeymoon near Angola, Ind. For traveling, Mrs. Reid wore a brown and white print dress with aquamarine accessories, and purple orchids. The couple will live in Washington.

Detroit Free Press, October 7, 1984⁴⁸⁹⁸

REID

MARGARET (nee GALLACHER), Age 68, died in Crystal River, Fla. of respiratory complications following a heart attack on Saturday, September 29, 1984. Born in Ayr, Scotland and come to this country in 1929. She completed her education and was married in Detroit, MI. Thereafter, she and her family of five children resided in Washington D.C. Thence in Hyattsville and Silver Springs, MA. Recently moved to Homasassa, Fla. Suriviors are: husband James C. Reid, Jr.; three sons, James III, Patrick and Joseph; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Greengard and Jacqueline Ried; five grandchildren. Following immediate cremation, funeral mass was celebrated at St. Benedict's Catholic Church, in Crystal River, Fla. Expressions of sympathy may be in the form of contributions to the American Lung Association. A later memorial mass will be celebrated at Christmas time.

Detroit Free Press, October 17, 1989¹⁰⁹³⁹

REID

JAMES C. JR., age 73, died Oct. 13, 1989 in Chicago, Ill., of liver failure. He was a 1940 mechanical engineering graduate of the University of Detroit. Prior to his retirement in 1973 he was with the U.S. Navy Department Naval Material Command. Earlier engineering assignments were with the former Bureau of Ships in Washington, D.C., and the Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn. He formerly lived in Silver Spring, Md., in the summer, and in the Florida Keys during the winter. He moved to Homosassa, Fla., in 1984.

Surviving are his three sons, James C. Reid III, Patrick C. Reid and Joseph S. Reid; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Greengard and Jacqueline Reid; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Following immediate cremation memorial services will be held Monday, Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Crystal River, Fla. Expressions of sympathy may be in the form of contributions to the American Heart Association.