THORNTON H. REID

JACKSON -- Thornton H. Reid, 62, of Jackson died Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born April 5, 1937, son of Dr. Prentiss E. and Carol Hamilton Reid. He and Frances J. Miller were married July 2, 1960.

Reid was employed by Union Starch and Refining Co., Miles Laboratories and Bayer Corp. as a scientist for 37 years, retiring in 1997.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Jackson, where he was an elder and a deacon, chaired the finance committee and co-chaired the mission committee, and was a choir member. He was a member of the Missouri State Bee Keeping Association.

Survivors include his wife; daughter, Heather J. Morris of Louisville, Ky.; and sister, Sarah Myers of Chicago.

Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4 to 8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. The Rev. Grant Gillard will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park.