FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS,

A PRECIOUS ONE FROM US IS GONE, A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILL.

A PLACE IS VACANT IN OUR HOME, WHICH NEVER CAN BE FILLED.

SUNRISE SUNSET
September 12, 1964 July 02, 2017
Memorial Service:
Saturday, July 15, 2017

Walker Funeral Home:

1025 E McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206
Antonio Emmitt Reid (Tony) was born on September 12, 1964, to Mary Alice
Singleton-Reid and Ronald G. Reid. He was the third of five children, and
zealously took on his big brother duties by making sure his brothers and sisters ORDER OF SERVICE
were well-protected on the mean playgrounds of Glendale. Tony and his friends Visitation
were particularly good at making mischief. He and his friends were no strangers Prayer Pastor Mark T. Hawkins
to the back of a ruler, giving new meaning to the term swat team. Tony Musical Selection
attended Princeton High School where he was known for the 20 bottles of Reading of Obituary
cologne he kept in his locker, his dimples, and his 1,000-watt smile. Tony Speak the Lords Prayer
graciously accepted his good looks by letting you know Pretty Tony what they Remarks (2 minutes, please)
call me. It was at Princeton where he was bitten by the love bug as a senior. He Musical Selection & Slide Show
and his sweetheart, Terri Green, would welcome Tonys first of three girls, Eulogy Rafiq A. Jihad (Ronald A. Jones)
Terran Brittany, in 1985. Eight years later, in 1993, he would have his second Benediction Pastor Mark T. Hawkins
girl, Jalyn Rose, and his youngest girl, Isabella Loretta Lyric, arrived in 2010.
THANK YOU
In his early career, Tony worked to provide for his family as a cook at Maple Reverend Mark T. Hawkins of Greater Fellowship Baptist Church
Knoll Village. Creating meals was such a passion, that he decided to study as a
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chef at the renowned Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State. Equipped
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with his culinary school expertise, he spent a short time as a restauranteur, and Marsena Cathcart Vocalist
subsequently, cooked in the kitchens of many well-known restaurants in the Nick Brown Pianist
Cincinnati area. If you were lucky enough to have had a meal prepared by him,
you know that his meals were too good to be delicious, they were ALL FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO MADE THIS CEREMONY POSSIBLE.
malicious. He put a little piece of his soul into every plate that he made,
making sure that they were always perfect, which was just one display of his
attentiveness. His fun-loving attitude always filled the room. Not only was he REPAST
good for an infectious chuckle or a belly laugh, he gave all his closest friends 4:30 6:30
and family a special moniker that he made sure to use instead of their names. If Woodward High School
you had one, then you knew he loved you. 7005 Reading Road
Cincinnati, OH 45237
Tony was caring and sometimes fiery; nurturing and sometimes wild, and that is Debra Morgan-Ademuyewo Food Service
what made him everything we all loved. As a father, son, brother, nephew, Paulette Morgan-Collins Food Service
cousin, and uncle, we will continue to cherish his big heart.

Tony is survived by his mother and father: Mary Alice Stewart and Ronald G. Reid.
His brother and sisters: Ronnie, Tammi, Lisa (Fred Stone), and Rebecca. His
daughters: Terran, Jalyn, Isabella. His nieces and nephews: Nicholas, Jazmyne,
Ashleigh, Alexis, Jayla, Austin, Isaiah, and Davinee. His great nieces and nephews:
Aniyah, Niaysah, Hevin, Aadyn, Nicholas Jr., Aarian, Talor, Justyn, Nylie, and
Zamorah. Family in love: Amanda Winfield, April Stewart-Keese, Tracey McElroy,
Marilyn Roland, Brandon Hamilton, Sandra Jones, and Sasha Sneed.
The Lords Prayer:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy
kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for
ever and ever.
Amen.