Mary Alice Reynolds^[1]

1886 - 1923  (~ 36 years)

• Name	Mary Alice Reynolds
  Born	May 1886	Staunton River District, Pittsylvania, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Jan 1923	Pittsylvania Cpunty, Virginia
  Buried	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Person ID	I8307	My Reynolds Line | Descendants Hugh Pittsylvania Reynolds, Descendants of James Reynolds
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Keene Johnson Reynolds,   b. 30 Nov 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 17 Jan 1926, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Mary Susan "Molly" Brumfield,   b. 21 Apr 1867, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Nov 1951, Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 84 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1883	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  	On November 14, 1883 when Daddy was nearly 22 and Mother was sixteen, they were married at her home, "The Elms" near what is now Renan. Mother's family had moved from the Greenpond-Hollywood neighborhood to Renan in 1882. The first year of their marriage, Daddy and Mother lived with his mother, Betsy Blair Reynolds, and farmed with her. The next year, they moved to the land Grandfather Brumfield had given them at Renan. The home they built was located below what later became the highway. Mother had wanted to be on high ground, however, the house was placed just a few yards from one of the best springs anywhere around and, in the days when water was brought in by bucketsful and a springhouse was the only means of cooling food, having a spring nearby was a real asset. Published family history by Christine Reynolds Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds, s/o William Garrett Reynolds; can be seen at Danville Public Library 2nd floor, genealogy room, Danville, Virginia Christine Reynolds [Stone]
  Family ID	F2774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Andrew Thompson, Sr.,   b. 15 Jan 1888, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 7 Jun 1973, Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. Mary Ella Thompson,   b. 28 Aug 1913, Staunton River, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 31 May 1999, Falls Church, Virginia  (Age 85 years)   2. Louise Thompson,   b. 15 May 1915, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 11 Aug 2009, Campbell, Virginia  (Age 94 years) + 3. James Andrew Thompson, Jr.,   b. 12 Aug 1917, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 4 May 2004, Lynchburg, Virginia  (Age 86 years)   4. Alice Thompson,   b. 9 Aug 1919, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2017
  Family ID	F7147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Mary Alice Reynolds Portrait
  		Mary Alice Thompson (nee Reynolds) Wearing the Hat p8307MaryAlice-hat.JPG
  		Mary Alice Reynolds (in the middle) with her Sisters? p8307MaryAliceReynolds.jpg
  		Family of Keene Johnson Reynolds KeeneFamily.JPG
  		Left to right: Mary/Alice/James/Louise (from James Andrew Thompson IV) thompson.JPG
  		James Thompson Sr. & Alice Reynolds, his wife p11610JamesThompsonSr&AliceReynolds.jpg

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Death Certificate-Mary Alice Thompson (nee Reynolds) maryathompson.jpg
  		Mary Alice Reynolds Thompson-Obit The Danville Bee Feb 9, 1923
  		James Andrew Thompson Sr.-Obit The Danville Bee Jun 7, 1973

  
  

• Notes

  Alice married when I was three years old, so I don't remember much about her at our home. I enjoyed going to visit her and Jim and staying for days. She was almost like a second mother to me. It was Alice who named me, and because of that, she gave me a little gold ring when I was perhaps five years old. When I was 14, Mother went to Portsmouth for about a week to visit Julia and left Daddy the three younger brothers and me for about a week. Mother returned on a Sunday, and in preparation for her homecoming Alice and I prepared a Sunday dinner. She was of a happy disposition. I think the thing that means most to me now is what Alice did for our family. As she was dying, she asked Mother if she (Mother) had any music. Of course, Mother did not them. Alice said she wanted them to sing! Then she talked about the sweet music she heard, that it was all around her! This was her happy theme until she lay back on the bed and breathed her last. What a testimony. Christine Reynolds Stone, daughter of Keene Johnson Reynolds, granddaughter of William Garrett Reynolds

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114448829&ref=acom. Mary Alice Reynolds Thompson Birth 25 May 1886, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Death 27 Jan 1923 (aged 36), Pittsylvania, Va