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Memorial to the Honorable Wilson Reed of Jefferson County
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable Wilson Reed, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Wilson Reed was born October 13, 1873, at Fairfield, Iowa, son of the late Carson and Mary W. Reed. He died very suddenly of a heart attack June 29, 1950. He attended public school, Parsons Academy, graduated from Parsons College in Fairfield in 1895, receiving an A.B. degree.
In 1900 he was united in marriage to Flora Bradley. They were the parents of two sons, Joseph Bradley and Allen Wilson.
He was a veteran of the Spanish American War and of World War I, spending ten months in service in France.
For many years he was a tax consultant, first in the Federal Bureau of Internal Revenue and then in private practice. He was active at the time of his death in this profession.
Mr. Reed served as Representative from Jefferson County in the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fiftieth Extra, Fifty-first, Fifty-second and the Fifty-second Extra sessions. He served with honor and distinction during these sessions.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Masonic Lodge, Odd Fellows Lodge, Elks Lodge, American Legion and United Spanish War Veterans.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth General Assembly of Iowa: That in the passing of the Honorable Wilson Reed, the state has lost a valued and honored citizen and the family a loving husband and father and the House would tender, by this resolution, its sincere sympathy to his beloved family in this great sorrow.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
LEE GALLUP,
W. C. HENDRIX,
J. C. DAVIS,
Committee.