Obituary - Benjamin Harrison Kidd

April 19, 1925 - April 11, 2006 

SPRINGVILLE - Benjamin Harrison Kidd, 80, 1470 Popcorn Road, Springville, died at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday at his residence. 

Born April 19, 1925, in Monticello, Ky., he was the son of Walter and Lissie (Jones) Kidd. He married Zadie Foster on Oct. 27, 1951, and she preceded him in death on March 5, 1989. He then married Mary Elizabeth (Harp) Kidd, who survives. 

He was a retired stone quarry worker, carpenter and worked for the City of Bedford. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church of Springville. 

Surviving with his wife, Mary Elizabeth Kidd, Springville, are two daughters, Helen Ford and her husband Daniel and Hilda Gipson and her husband James, all of Lawrence County; four sons, Harold Kidd of Bloomfield, Herman and Homer Kidd, both of East Oolitic, and Howard Kidd of Owensburg; three stepsons, Roger and Jeff Harp of Bloomington and Danny Harp of Florida; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; two brothers, Edgar Kidd of Guthrie and Chester Kidd, Somerset, Ky.; five sisters, Chloe Morrow, Bedford, Ora Keith, Eubank, Ky., Lillie Surber, Waynesburg, Ky., and Esmie Collins, Pulasky, Ky. 

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Flonie Kidd and Lola Hall, and eight brothers, Lushen, Hulen, Hartman, Curtis, Wilburn and Albert and two in infancy. 

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Day & Carter Mortuary with the Rev. Roscoe Godsey, Jim Bowman and Chet Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in Springville West Cemetery. 

Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until the time of service on Thursday at the mortuary.