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- Source City of Detroit Michigan volumes 3: 1701-1922 page 652
ALEXANDER C. REEKIE. Though about eighteen years have come and gone since Alexander C. Reekie was called to his final rest, he is still remembered by many residents of Detroit, for here his life was spent and here he won well merited success and recognition as an expert accountant. He died October 9, 1903, at the age of forty-one years, his birth having occurred in Detroit on the 9th of June, 1862. His parents, Alexander and Mary (Button) Reeki, reared a family of six children. The father, a native of Scotland, was also an accountant.
In the acquirement of his education Alexander C. Reekie attended the public and high schools and in young manhood, having determined to follow in his father's footsteps, he became an expert accountant.
This profession claimed his attention and energies continuously to the time of his demise and marked success rewarded his skill and efficiency in that connection.
On the 21st of April, 1885, Mr. Reekie was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. McCormick, a daughter of David McCormick, and a representative of a prominent and well known family of Detroit. Mr. Reekie gave his political allegiance to the republican party and was a member of the Detroit Light Infantry. His religious faith was indicated by his membership in the First Presbyterian church, to which his widow also belongs. His remains were interred in the Woodmere cemetery of Detroit. In his passing the city lost one of its substantial and esteemed citizens, and that his life was ever an upright and honorable one is indicated in the fact that he was most highly regarded where best known. Mrs. Reekie, who resides in an attractive residence at No. 57 Pingree avenue, is also most favorably known in this city, the circle of her friends being almost coextensive with the circle of her acquaintance.
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