Mary Anna Lee Pier ('Ma Reid) was the daughter of Perry Washington Pier and Mary Elizabeth (Griffith) Pier; she was born in Berryville, Clarke Co., VA. and was one of 14 children, 2 of whom died as infants.
Her first husband was Simon M. Stikles and they lived most of their lives in or around the town of Bluemont, VA. Upon Simon's death she "turned all the children out to work" so as to provide money for living expenses. That money 'trail' dried-up just as soon as she took a liking to William Luther Reid--who was not loved by any of Ma Reid's remaining children (4)at that time; she married Luther in early 1930's and they lived together in the Martinsburg area until Luther's death--at which time she quickly relocated back to the Bluemont, VA area.
Ma Reid was just one of those people who was always "unhappy" and believed that "she was always entitled to something." Joshua, her youngest son, was the only remaining family member and in her mind was deemed to take care of her--and Hubert (who was an alcoholic for years; he himself also married two times but neither marriage produced any children). Jake and Doris Stickles did find them and purchased and old, small house there in Bluemont. After purchasing same they themselves made any number of renovations for the next few years for Ma Reid and Hubert--and got them both signed-up and approved for monthly Social Security benefits. As memory serves, Ma Reid after a few years living there wanted to have Jake "just give her that old houset that he had bought for her and Hubert to live--but that was never going to happen, as my father knew that she would just-up and sell the place and take the cash and 'start all over again somewhere else.' So she would constantly try to play the 'guilt card' on Jake to get something she believed she needed, etc.--never considering that it was a 100+ mile round trip for him to make from Arlington, VA and back--and could not get up there except on a weekend as he was working two jobs for over 25 years to care for his own family.
So Ma Reid and Hubert lived in that house from circa 1952 until they both could not care for one another. Ma Reid never visited Jake and Doris at their home there in Arlington, never saw or participated in Christmas or birthdays with her grandchildren--except when maybe Jake, Doris and their sons would return back to the old home there to bring or fix something, which was almost every other month. And Jake and his family most always came back to Bluemont each spring and fall to 'work the STICKLES and LITTLETON cemetery lots' there at Ebeneezer Cemetery in Bloomfield--and Ma Reid and Hubert might have gone down there one-time each to help clean-up those lots--otherwise they were just to busy, or had to meet someone somewhere, etc. that same day.
Ma Reid died in a nursing home in Manasas, VA and Hubert soon went into a heavy funk with alcohol in early 1960's--eventually dying of cancer of bladder in Loudoun Memorial Hospital.
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Her first husband was Simon M. Stikles and they lived most of their lives in or around the town of Bluemont, VA. Upon Simon's death she "turned all the children out to work" so as to provide money for living expenses. That money 'trail' dried-up just as soon as she took a liking to William Luther Reid--who was not loved by any of Ma Reid's remaining children (4)at that time; she married Luther in early 1930's and they lived together in the Martinsburg area until Luther's death--at which time she quickly relocated back to the Bluemont, VA area.
Ma Reid was just one of those people who was always "unhappy" and believed that "she was always entitled to something." Joshua, her youngest son, was the only remaining family member and in her mind was deemed to take care of her--and Hubert (who was an alcoholic for years; he himself also married two times but neither marriage produced any children). Jake and Doris Stickles did find them and purchased and old, small house there in Bluemont. After purchasing same they themselves made any number of renovations for the next few years for Ma Reid and Hubert--and got them both signed-up and approved for monthly Social Security benefits. As memory serves, Ma Reid after a few years living there wanted to have Jake "just give her that old houset that he had bought for her and Hubert to live--but that was never going to happen, as my father knew that she would just-up and sell the place and take the cash and 'start all over again somewhere else.' So she would constantly try to play the 'guilt card' on Jake to get something she believed she needed, etc.--never considering that it was a 100+ mile round trip for him to make from Arlington, VA and back--and could not get up there except on a weekend as he was working two jobs for over 25 years to care for his own family.
So Ma Reid and Hubert lived in that house from circa 1952 until they both could not care for one another. Ma Reid never visited Jake and Doris at their home there in Arlington, never saw or participated in Christmas or birthdays with her grandchildren--except when maybe Jake, Doris and their sons would return back to the old home there to bring or fix something, which was almost every other month. And Jake and his family most always came back to Bluemont each spring and fall to 'work the STICKLES and LITTLETON cemetery lots' there at Ebeneezer Cemetery in Bloomfield--and Ma Reid and Hubert might have gone down there one-time each to help clean-up those lots--otherwise they were just to busy, or had to meet someone somewhere, etc. that same day.
Ma Reid died in a nursing home in Manasas, VA and Hubert soon went into a heavy funk with alcohol in early 1960's--eventually dying of cancer of bladder in Loudoun Memorial Hospital.
FMI: [email protected]
Mary Anna Lee Pier ('Ma Reid) was the daughter of Perry Washington Pier and Mary Elizabeth (Griffith) Pier; she was born in Berryville, Clarke Co., VA. and was one of 14 children, 2 of whom died as infants.
Her first husband was Simon M. Stikles and they lived most of their lives in or around the town of Bluemont, VA. Upon Simon's death she "turned all the children out to work" so as to provide money for living expenses. That money 'trail' dried-up just as soon as she took a liking to William Luther Reid--who was not loved by any of Ma Reid's remaining children (4)at that time; she married Luther in early 1930's and they lived together in the Martinsburg area until Luther's death--at which time she quickly relocated back to the Bluemont, VA area.
Ma Reid was just one of those people who was always "unhappy" and believed that "she was always entitled to something." Joshua, her youngest son, was the only remaining family member and in her mind was deemed to take care of her--and Hubert (who was an alcoholic for years; he himself also married two times but neither marriage produced any children). Jake and Doris Stickles did find them and purchased and old, small house there in Bluemont. After purchasing same they themselves made any number of renovations for the next few years for Ma Reid and Hubert--and got them both signed-up and approved for monthly Social Security benefits. As memory serves, Ma Reid after a few years living there wanted to have Jake "just give her that old houset that he had bought for her and Hubert to live--but that was never going to happen, as my father knew that she would just-up and sell the place and take the cash and 'start all over again somewhere else.' So she would constantly try to play the 'guilt card' on Jake to get something she believed she needed, etc.--never considering that it was a 100+ mile round trip for him to make from Arlington, VA and back--and could not get up there except on a weekend as he was working two jobs for over 25 years to care for his own family.
So Ma Reid and Hubert lived in that house from circa 1952 until they both could not care for one another. Ma Reid never visited Jake and Doris at their home there in Arlington, never saw or participated in Christmas or birthdays with her grandchildren--except when maybe Jake, Doris and their sons would return back to the old home there to bring or fix something, which was almost every other month. And Jake and his family most always came back to Bluemont each spring and fall to 'work the STICKLES and LITTLETON cemetery lots' there at Ebeneezer Cemetery in Bloomfield--and Ma Reid and Hubert might have gone down there one-time each to help clean-up those lots--otherwise they were just to busy, or had to meet someone somewhere, etc. that same day.
Ma Reid died in a nursing home in Manasas, VA and Hubert soon went into a heavy funk with alcohol in early 1960's--eventually dying of cancer of bladder in Loudoun Memorial Hospital.
FMI: [email protected]
Her first husband was Simon M. Stikles and they lived most of their lives in or around the town of Bluemont, VA. Upon Simon's death she "turned all the children out to work" so as to provide money for living expenses. That money 'trail' dried-up just as soon as she took a liking to William Luther Reid--who was not loved by any of Ma Reid's remaining children (4)at that time; she married Luther in early 1930's and they lived together in the Martinsburg area until Luther's death--at which time she quickly relocated back to the Bluemont, VA area.
Ma Reid was just one of those people who was always "unhappy" and believed that "she was always entitled to something." Joshua, her youngest son, was the only remaining family member and in her mind was deemed to take care of her--and Hubert (who was an alcoholic for years; he himself also married two times but neither marriage produced any children). Jake and Doris Stickles did find them and purchased and old, small house there in Bluemont. After purchasing same they themselves made any number of renovations for the next few years for Ma Reid and Hubert--and got them both signed-up and approved for monthly Social Security benefits. As memory serves, Ma Reid after a few years living there wanted to have Jake "just give her that old houset that he had bought for her and Hubert to live--but that was never going to happen, as my father knew that she would just-up and sell the place and take the cash and 'start all over again somewhere else.' So she would constantly try to play the 'guilt card' on Jake to get something she believed she needed, etc.--never considering that it was a 100+ mile round trip for him to make from Arlington, VA and back--and could not get up there except on a weekend as he was working two jobs for over 25 years to care for his own family.
So Ma Reid and Hubert lived in that house from circa 1952 until they both could not care for one another. Ma Reid never visited Jake and Doris at their home there in Arlington, never saw or participated in Christmas or birthdays with her grandchildren--except when maybe Jake, Doris and their sons would return back to the old home there to bring or fix something, which was almost every other month. And Jake and his family most always came back to Bluemont each spring and fall to 'work the STICKLES and LITTLETON cemetery lots' there at Ebeneezer Cemetery in Bloomfield--and Ma Reid and Hubert might have gone down there one-time each to help clean-up those lots--otherwise they were just to busy, or had to meet someone somewhere, etc. that same day.
Ma Reid died in a nursing home in Manasas, VA and Hubert soon went into a heavy funk with alcohol in early 1960's--eventually dying of cancer of bladder in Loudoun Memorial Hospital.
FMI: [email protected]
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