Nell Rose "Susie" Kidd's Obituary
CLARENDON SERVICES – 3:00 pm Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at the Church of Christ in Clarendon with Don Stone, officiating. INTERMENT – Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Susie was born March 17, 1929 in Childress, Texas to Guy William and Evelyn Tobin Murphy. She married J.E. Kidd, Jr. on October 16, 1948 in Hedley where they lived until moving to Clarendon in 1956. She had been a babysitter at her home for many years and then went to work at the Medical Center Nursing Home, where she worked for 20 years as a nurse’s aide. Susie loved the color red and enjoyed collecting dolls. Susie loved to drink coffee with her friends, and could be found at the coffee shop about twice a day. She was a member of the Clarendon Church of Christ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY – her parents; 2 brothers, Guy and Robert Murphy; and a sister Frances Geopfert. SURVIVORS – her husband; a son, Larry Kidd and wife Paulette of Clarendon; 5 sisters, Geneva Hill and Velma Byrd of Clarendon, Norma Hall and Ellen Cooley of Amarillo, Nadine Cortner of Overland Park, Kansas; 5 grandchildren, Jan Farris, Jill Chambless, Jodi Cruse, Kari Lindsey, and Todd Petty; 11 Great Grandchildren, Deston Chambless, Cole Farris, Caden Farris, Haley Chambless, Denver Chambless, Kyle Lindsey, Kallie Lindsey, Branson Cruse, Baylor Cruse, Brayson Cruse, and Madelyn Petty. The family request memorials be sent to Odyssey Hospice or the Donley County Senior Citizens.
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