Born: 1888, United States
Died: 1984
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
The following is republished with permission from the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail.
Among the businesses serving the South End African American community was the Reid Funeral Home founded in 1926 by Cora Reid McKerrow (1888-1984) and her brother Millard Fillmore Reid. After his death, McKerrow ran the funeral home for thirty years until she closed it in 1971. McKerrow was born into a family of fifteen children in Churchland, Virginia. When she first came to Boston, she worked as a chiropodist and beautician until she became a partner with her brother.