NameJames Webster Reed 
Birth24 Oct 1930, Virginia
Death6 May 1983, Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia
Documentation
On 9 May 1980 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, James Webster Reed was married to Catherine Louise Tate. He was 49; born 24 October 1930 in Virginia; Negro; first marriage; education 7th grade; usual residence Rt. 2, Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia; father George J. Reed; mother Frances Henderson. Her maiden name was Branson; age 47; born 7 February 1933 in Virginia; Negro; second marriage; widowed; education 7th grade; usual residence Rt. 2, Box 695, Montross, Westmoreland County, Virginia; father unknown; mother Gertrude Branson. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Marriage 80-020966.]
On 6 May 1983, James W. Reed died at Tidewater Memorial Hospital, Rt. 2, Hospital Road, Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia. He was male; Black; born 10 October 1930; had served in the U.S. armed forces; a usual resident of Rt. 2, Box 812, Montross, Richmond [sic] County, Virginia 22520; father George J. Reed; mother Frances Henderson; citizen of U.S.A.; born in Virginia; married; wife Catherine L. Reed; occupation disabled; informant medical record; immediate cause of death contusion, heart, due to fractured sternum, ribs, due to crush injury to chest, other significant condition liver cirrhosis; “he crushed his car to a tree”; injury while not at work, highway at Montross, Virginia; burial at Siloam Church Cemetery, Montross, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 83-016118.]