Charles Simpson Reid

Background

Reid, Charles Simpson was born on September 25, 1897 in Blairsville, Georgia, United States. Son of Norville Young and Sarah Elizabeth (Daniel) Reid.

Education

Educated Blairsville Collegiate Institute, 1910-1913, Young Harris (Georgia) College, 1915-1917, Atlanta (Georgia) Law School, 1918. Doctor of Laws, Atlanta Law School, 1940.

Career

Assistant cashier First National Bank, Lavonia, Georgia, 1917. Teller Lowry National Bank, Atlanta, 1918. Vice president Citizens Bank, Gainesville, Georgia, 1919-1922.

Admitted to Georgia bar, 1922. Member firm Davie & Reid, Gainesville, 1922-1926, Jones, Davie & Reid, 1926-1927, Jones & Reid, 1927-1929, Little, Powell, Smith & Goldstein, 1929, Little, Powell, Reid & Goldstein, 1930-1938. Special counsel Georgia State Banking Department, 1926-1927.

Appointed chief justice Georgia Supreme Court, 1938, resigned August 7, 1943. Director Fulton National Bank, Atlanta. Chairman State Democratic Executive Committee, 1937-1938.

Colonel, United States Army. Chief, Property Control Branch, Office Military Government, Germany. Chairman advisory board, I. G. Farbenindustrie.

Trustee and vice chairman endowment committee Young Harris College.

Membership

Member American, Georgia and Atlanta bar associations, Lawyers. Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner). Clubs. Capital City, Atlanta Athletic.

Connections

Married Agnes Jones Baker, July 31, 1943.

Father:

Norville Young Reid

Mother:

Sarah Elizabeth (Daniel) Reid

Spouse:

Agnes Jones Baker