Beatrice Kidd
Posted: November 16, 2018
COLUMBUS — Beatrice Kidd, 87, died Nov. 9, 2018, in Tupelo. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Stephen Chapel M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 1-6 p.m. Friday at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Kidd was born Sept. 28, 1931, in Columbus, to the late Junious “June” Cooper and Bessie McGregory Cooper. She was formerly employed with Hostess Bakeries in Schiller Park, Illinois. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Phillip A. Kid; sisters, Allie Crawford, Louise Cooper and Marietta Smith; and brothers, Julius Cooper, Sterling Cooper, Johnny Frank Cooper and Peter Walker. She is survived by her husband, John H. Kidd; daughters, Judith A. Kidd and Tina M. Kidd Jacas; sons, Kenneth Kidd, John B. Kidd and Tony D. Kidd; sisters, Corine Hicks and Lola Davis; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and numerous great-great-grandchildren.