ZILPHA ELIZABETH REID (20 Dec 1907 – 24 Sep 2000) was born in Clinton, Davis County, Utah the daughter of Charles Morgan Reid and Esther Weir Stedman.
Zilpha Elizabeth Reid
Beth, Betty, or Bee, as she was known, married Roland Garner Manning on 19 May 1933 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Beth and Roland had 5 children of record:
- Lenora Joyce Manning (26 May 1934 – 28 May 2001)
- Roland Reid Manning (6 Feb 1937 – 17 Oct 2008)
- Marcene Manning (10 Dec 1943 – )
- Vicki Ann Manning (19 Sep 1948 – )
- Kent Reid Manning (7 Dec 1951 – )
Beth died on 24 Sep 2000. She is buried in the Aultorest Memorial Park, South Ogden, Weber County, Utah.
Zilpha Elizabeth "Beth" Reid Marriage Announcement (Click to Enlarge)
Zilpha Elizabeth Reid Manning, George Samuel Reid, Myrtle Reid Davis
George Samuel Reid Family Roots 
I am the wife of Kent Reid Manning, son of Zilpha Elizabeth Manning (nee Reid). We live in Australia and have three children, two boys and one girl. The two boys have a middle name of Reid. Kent came to Australia in 1966 with his parents. His father built an aluminium plant at Gladstone. He stayed here when his parents retired and went back to America. We met the year they arrived and have been together ever since. We did attend a couple of Reid reunions in 1977 and 1982 I think. Marcie forwarded your email on to us. Thank you it is very interesting. Gail.
“Beth” as she was known may have been given her first name of Zilpha from the lady, Zelphia Bailey Owens, who took her mother, Esther, into her home as an orphan and raised her until she was grown. I never heard her referred to as Betty or Bee. Beth loved life to the fullest. She loved children especially and always said that she would rather “teach than eat” and she did enjoy eating good food! She was petite at 4’10” and 89 lbs. full grown. She had endless energy and a curiosity about everything and everyone that she came in contact with during her 93+ years. Her husband, Roland, was a civil engineer and they travelled all over the world for projects he took. She often taught elementary grades wherever they landed. Her favorite grade was the second grade. One time while teaching, she got so excited that she kicked off her shoe and it went sailing through the classroom window just as the principal entered the room. She was telling the story of Brier Rabbit in the cabbage patch. She was devoted to her family both immediate and her siblings and mother. I never met her father, my grandfather, but she loved
to tell about his playing the fiddle. She liked to tell about having to plant potatoes one day and it was getting late. She had a birthday party to go to so she started putting two plants instead of one at a time when her father discovered it and made her redo them. She loved parties and was always fun to be with at a party.
Growing up almost all our vacations when possible distance wise were spent in Clinton. Lots of Reid cousins there made it a fun place to go. Beth would always stay with her mother in the small little home on the same property as her sister Myrtle’s home and the rest of us would spread out or go to our grandparents in Ogden. Reid gatherings were #1 priority!
The last project my father had was in Gladstone, Australia. When it was done, Beth and Roland decided to travel around the world from there going west. She told him that she did not mind where he took her but she wanted to be at the Taj Mahal in India on their wedding anniversary in the moonlight. And he did it! He was very meticulous and she was more relaxed. He was more reserved and she was very vivacious and outgoing. Usually the balance worked but now and then they butted heads! She would say to us, “Let the steam off at home so you don’t do it in public!” Sometimes a little too much steam was let off. At all the Reid gatherings I can remember hearing lots of excited discussions. Many good memories. Thank you for this lovely site.