Date of birth: 01 Jul 1916
Date of death: 30 Jul 2003

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Burial Information

Section 09 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0326-06
Status: Occupied

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Notes

The Holmes County Herald (Lexington, MS)
August 7, 2003, vol. 45, no. 43, pg. 7

Obituary

Ruth Margaret Fincher Reid

Ruth Margaret Fincher Reid, 87, of Lexington died Wednesday, July 30, 2003 at University Hospital in Lexington. Services were Saturday, August 2, 2003 at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Lexington with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev. Skipper Maxwell and Rev. David McIntosh officiated.

Mrs. Reid was the daughter of the late William H. Fincher and Lillie Howell. She was a retired city and county employee. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include: a son, Stephen Mills Reid of Aledo, Texas; one daughter, Mary Lynell "Tita" Ratcliff of Maidson; a sister, Mary Frances Slaughter of Jackson; 5 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Active pallbearers were: Stephen M. Reid, II, Steve Smiley Ratcliff, III, Gregory Wayne Winford, Tyler Wayne Winford, Murray Byron Fincher, and William Byron Fincher.

Honorary pallbearers were members of the Lexington Rotary Club.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Christ United Methodist Church, Building Fund, 5301 Old Canton Road, Jackson, MS 39211 or First United Methodist Church, 108 Tchula Street, Lexington, MS 39095.

The Holmes County Herald (Lexington, MS)
August 7, 2003, vol, 45, no. 43, pg. 7

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Family Members

Parents
William Henry Fincher, II
1888–1957

Lillie Howell Fincher
1886–1975

Siblings
Infant Fincher
1911–1911

William Henry Fincher
1913–1991

Mary Frances Fincher Slaughter
1920–2015

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