Joshua Leonard Reid, 30, a resident of Mount Vernon, passed away on April 10, 2010. He was born July 12, 1979 in Anchorage, Alaska the son of Eugene and Dayna (Duke) Reid.
Josh enjoyed playing pool, drinking beer and riding his bicycle all around Mount Vernon.
He is survived by his daughter, Kailani Branscom; parents, Eugene and Dayna Reid; brother, Chet (Melissa) Reid; sisters, Jessica (Josh) Thomas and Windy (Colby) Welch; 3 nieces, Starr Reid and Sarah and Bethany Welch and nephew, Bowe Welch; grandfather, Chester Duke; extended Reid and Duke family members; friends, Nathan and Dixie and their family and special friends, Mary and Jim. Josh was preceded in death by his grandparents, Maxine and Leonard Reid and Carol Lee Duke. Although the family will miss him dearly, Josh was able to donate his eyes, bones and tissue to save other lives.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at his uncle Mark’s home on Camano Island.
You are pure light Josh. We love you and miss you.
I first met Josh when I was 15 and was hooked ever since. I was devastated when he had to move to Alaska, I missed and loved him for 15 years. He filled the last year of my life with great joy and light. I will never love anyone like I love him. I thank God that I was given the opportunity to be reunited with him in 2008, we finally got to be together after so many years, and even though our time was cut short I feel so very blessed to have had him in my life again and am so glad that I was able to tell him how much he always meant to me after so long. Just recently we had some discussions and the fact that I always used to be scared of death came up and he had said he wasn’t scared to die and I replied to him that I no longer was scared to die either I feel like I had done everything I had wanted to do now that I got a chance to be with him and truely give him love whole heartedly. I LOVE YOU JOSHUA! I will NEVER forget you but will ALWAYS AND FOREVER miss you and remember all of they love we gave each other. Thank you for giving me the most happiest times in my life.
You will be greatly missed. You impacted my life as the brother I never had, and the uncle my children always needed. You were truly one of a kind. Not a day will go by, that I wont think of you. You were loved dearly.
I was a really good friend of his and used to work with his sister too.I would like to come to his memorial at lemley chapel could you please let me know.
thank you,Charlee