Estelle Bessie Reid

Estelle Bessie Reid, age 75 of Gainesville, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2010 at Northeast Georgia Medical center following a sudden illness.

Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 2:00 pm in the chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. The Reverend Carroll Coley will officiate. The family will receive friends on Monday and Tuesday from 6:00-8:00 pm at the funeral home.

Mrs. Reid was born May 4, 1934 in Fletcher, North Carolina to the late Luther and Ada Mae McGahee Gilland. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Reid.

Mrs. Reid is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Rob and Kris Callahan of Gainesville; son and daughter-in-law, Sean and Judy Reid of Murrayville; sister, Katheryn Morgan of Fletcher, NC; sisters, Verna Mae Hodge, Sarah Lively of Asheville, NC; sister and brother-in-law, Evelyn and Roger Rollins of Asheville, NC; sister, Ruth Gilland Insley of Wilmington, NC; three grandchildren, Bart, Athan and Liam; longtime friend, Larry Lamb and beloved niece, Cathy Coley.

Online condolences may be sent online to www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.

Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Road, Gainesville, GA is in charge of arrangements.