Alma stood 5'2" tall and had blue eyes and dark hair. She was known for her beautiful smile and sweet disposition. Alma was named for her maternal aunt, Alma Reed (they were born on the same day), and her maternal grandmother, Lucretia Tiffany. According to family tradition, as a young woman she had prepared the food and decorated a box for a box supper to be auctioned (an old-fashioned fund-raiser for churches where the boxes were donated and then bid on; the highest bidder then getting the privilege of eating dinner with the girl who had made the supper). There were several bidding on Alma Reed's box, but none went above the $5 that Harry Early offered (a handsome sum in 1920). They were later married 23 DEC 1920 and had two children: Ione Jeannette and Kenneth Eugene. Sadly, she died unexpectedly from pregnancy complications at age 30.

Mayflower Passenger Ancestor Lines:

(Alma is related to George Soule through several lines:
GEORGE SOULE (1593 - 1679), Mayflower Passenger, 8th great-grandfather
Susannah Soule (1633 - 1684), Daughter of George Soule
Susannah West (1666 - 1758), Daughter of Susannah Soule
Benjamin Barber (1706 - 1792), Son of Susannah West
Lydia Barber (1730 - 1807), Daughter of Benjamin Barber
Mary "Polly" Rogers (1764 - 1834), Daughter of Lydia Barber
Lydia Kenyon (1797 - 1836), Daughter of Mary "Polly" Rogers
Elijah Bailey (1824 - 1906), Son of Lydia Kenyon
Sylvia Ellen Bailey (1854 - 1944), Daughter of Elijah Bailey
Walter Bailey Reed (1876 - 1964), Son of Sylvia Ellen Bailey
Alma Lucretia Reed (1902 - 1933), Daughter of Walter Bailey Reed

GEORGE SOULE 1593-1679 (Mayflower Passenger), 8th great-grandfather
Susannah Soule (1633-1684), Daughter of George Soule
Charles N. Waste (1706 - 1765), Son of Susannah Soule
Bezaleel Waste (1742 - 1818), Son of Charles N. Waste
Patience Waste (1782 - 1839), Daughter of Bezaleel Waste
Betsy Balcom (1807 - 1886), Daughter of Patience Waste
Sarah Almira Holman (1831 - 1895), Daughter of Betsy Balcom
Sylvia Ellen Bailey (1854 - 1944), Daughter of Sarah Almira Holman
Walter Reed (1876-1964), Son of Sylvia Ellen Bailey
Alma Lucretia Reed (1902-1933), Daughter of Walter Reed

DEGORY PRIEST (1579 - 1621), Mayflower Passenger, 9th great-grandfather
Mary Priest (1613 - 1689), Daughter of Degory Priest
John Pratt (1631 - 1698), Son of Mary Priest
Delivered Pratt (1664 - 1726), Daughter of John Pratt
Ruemourn Townsend (1698 - 1741), Son of Delivered Pratt
Sarah Townsend (1736 - 1808), Daughter of Ruemourn Townsend
John Alexander Hewlett (1775 - 1812), Son of Sarah Townsend
Samuel Hewlett (1775 - 1811), Son of John Alexander Hewlett
Hannah Hulett (Hewlit) (1802 - 1880), Daughter of Samuel Hewlett
Charles Samuel Champine (1832 - 1919), Son of Hannah Hulett (Hewlit)
Mattie Champine (1877 - 1953), Daughter of Charles Samuel Champine
Alma Lucretia Reed (1902 - 1933), Daughter of Mattie Champine

Alma is also the 16th great-granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer and the 37th great-granddaughter of Charlemagne, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.