MARY KIDD

SIKESTON -- Mary Elizabeth Kidd, 91, of Sikeston died Monday, Dec. 25, 1995, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.

She was born Jan. 31, 1904, in Gatewood, daughter of Samuel L. and Mahalia A. Holcomb Holland.

She married Tommy J. Kidd on March 9, 1927, in Warm Springs, Ark. He preceded her in death on Nov. 20, 1983.

She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Shady Acres Church of Christ.

She is survived by two sons, John M. Kidd of Rena Lara, Miss., and Irven E. Kidd of Morley; three daughters, Willa June Beavers of Blodgett, Berna Dean Hinton of Hardy, Ark., and Shirley Grace of Sikeston; a sister, Ellen Brown of Newton, Kan.; 34 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death two sons, a daughter and four brothers.

Service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Nunnelee Chapel at Sikeston, with the Rev. Pat Hogan officiating. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. today.