Elizabeth Jones Reed
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Elizabeth Jones Reed Napier
ORIGINAL NAME Napier
BIRTH 9 November 1845
Madison, Morgan County, Georgia, USA
DEATH 3 May 1935 (aged 89)
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
BURIAL
Rose Hill Cemetery
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA Show Map
MEMORIAL ID 1473 · View Source
MEMORIAL PHOTOS 5 FLOWERS 165 Folk Figure. She is distinguished as being the inspiration for the Allman Brothers Band song, "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed". In the early days of the Allman Brothers Band, the members would frequently visit Rose Hill Cemetery to relax and write songs. In 1970, guitarist Dickie Betts composed "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", which was the group's first instrumental. The original studio version appeared on the band's album, "Idelwild South" (1970) and on the live album, "At Fillmore East" (1971). In 2007, Rolling Stone Magazine named "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" one of its fifty best songs over seven minutes long. Born Elizabeth Jones Reed, she was a young Southern belle when she came to Macon, Georgia to attend Wesleyan College. She was married to Confederate Army Captain Briggs Hopson Napier on April 26, 1865, and they had twelve children, three of whom died before reaching adulthood. The couple were farmers; Briggs Napier also served as editor for the Monroe County Newspaper and, together, they ran a local pub in Macon in the early 1900s. Notably, Reed's grave in Rose Hill Cemetery is located near the graves of Allman Brothers Band members Berry Oakley and Duane Allman.
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