Although her family didn't have the money to send her to college, she had a brilliant mind and loved to stay current with international events. She and Lowry put 4 children through college. She enjoyed gardening and was a flower show judge. At age 50 she had surgery for breast cancer and was in remission for a number of years. However after 5 years the cancer returned and she died at age 58.
Mary Nell and Lowry had 4 children:
1. Carol Watson Reid, b. 7 Aug 1941 Paducah, KY (Univ of Ala)
2. Barbara Jean Reid, b. 25 Mar 1946, Fort Bragg, NC (Univ of TN)
3. Ann Manley Reid, b. 28 Mar 1950, Elizabethton, TN (Univ of KY)
4. William Lowry Reid, III b. 19 Apr 1955, Murphy, NC (Univ of TN)
Although her family didn't have the money to send her to college, she had a brilliant mind and loved to stay current with international events. She and Lowry put 4 children through college. She enjoyed gardening and was a flower show judge. At age 50 she had surgery for breast cancer and was in remission for a number of years. However after 5 years the cancer returned and she died at age 58.
Mary Nell and Lowry had 4 children:
1. Carol Watson Reid, b. 7 Aug 1941 Paducah, KY (Univ of Ala)
2. Barbara Jean Reid, b. 25 Mar 1946, Fort Bragg, NC (Univ of TN)
3. Ann Manley Reid, b. 28 Mar 1950, Elizabethton, TN (Univ of KY)
4. William Lowry Reid, III b. 19 Apr 1955, Murphy, NC (Univ of TN)