Novella Reid was born September 17, 1927 in Dudley, Oklahoma. She is the first and only daughter born to W.E. Andrews and Gladys Brown Hubbard. Novella had 5 sisters (Glooria Mayberry) preceded in death, Lois Dumas, Sharon Jones, Edna Mayfield and Gwendolyn Johnson.

She accepted Christ at an early age and was a faithful member of the Pilgrim Baptist Church in Dudley, Oklahoma until it's closing. Novella then moved on to Hillwood Baptist Church in Spencer, Oklahoma. From there she went to attend First Baptist Church where she served as mother of the church until her health began failing. Her faith in God and her Christian values were reflected in her service to all she encountered.

Novella's early education began in Dudley and Fallis, Oklahoma. She graduated from Dunbar High School in Wellston, Oklahoma. Novella had a gift for numbers and equations. This was evident when she worked in Bakersfield, California picking cotton. She was quickly promoted from a picker to the scales. Her memory of phone numbers was also astounding. She could rattle off a person's contact information from memory. She later honed her career to 50 years of nursing at Integris Baptist Medical Center.

She was blessed to have 4 children. During her union with Red Mukes, she bore two sons, Richard Lee Brown and Kenneth Garcia Mukes. Novella was united in Holy Matrimony to Floyd Reid, December20, 1945. To this union two children were born, Betty Lee and Ernest Reid.

Novella departed this life and entered into her heavenly home on Monday January 13, 2020 in Spencer, Oklahoma. Her kind and generous spirit will truly be missed.

She is preceded in death by her parents, W.E. Andrews and Gladys Brown Hubbard, her sister Gloria Mayberry, her son Richard Lee Brown and grandson Marquethz Lee.

Those that remain to celebrate her life are Betty Lee, Ernest Reid, Kenneth Mukes; sisters - Lois Dumas, Sharon Jones, Edna Mayfield and Gwendolyn Johnson; and a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Novella Reid left to be celebrated.

Life is But a Stopping Place

Life is but a stopping place, a pause in what's to be, a resting place along the road, to sweet eternity. We all have different journeys, different paths along the way, we all were meant to learn some things, but never meant to stay...

Our destination is a place, far greater than we know, for some the journey's quicker, for some the journey's slow and when the journey finally ends, we'll claim a great reward, and find an everlasting peace, together with the Lord.  May the Work I've Done Speak for Me