Obituary of Inez McCarty Kidd of Richland Parish Louisiana as published in the Monroe News Star, March 02, 2005 Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 03/03/2005 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** * Mrs. Inez McCarty Kidd Funeral services for Inez McCarty Kidd, age 89, of Rayville will be held at 1:00 PM, Thursday, March 3, 2005 at the First Baptist Church of Rayville with Dr. Ernest Winburn officiating under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Rayville, LA. Burial will follow at the Rayville Masonic Cemetery. Mrs. Kidd died February 28, 2005 at St. Francis Medical Center. Mrs. Kidd was born in Sikes, LA, but had lived in Richland Parish for approximately sixty-five years. Among her joys were fishing, gardening, singing in the choir of First Baptist Church, and the many friends she acquired after graduating from Dodd's Beauty School in Monroe, LA. She opened Inez's Beauty Shop in 1937 and owned and operated it until her retirement two years ago. Mrs. Kidd was preceded in death by Walter Kidd, her husband of sixty two years. Also preceding her in death were her parents, George and Nola McCarty of Sikes, LA; and brothers, D.J. McCarty and wife, Betty, Douglas McCarty, and Charles McCarty and wife, Dorothy. She is survived by her sister, Sybil McCarty Christman and husband, Emmett; nephews: Charles Wayne McCarty and wife, Carolyn, George McCarty, Jimmy McCarty, Randy McCarty, Micky McCarty and wife, Carol, Terry McCarty, Darryl McCarty and wife, Pam; nieces: Debbie Risinger and husband, Fred, Jan Vowell and husband, Brad, Brenda Nicholson and husband, Larry; and several great nieces and nephews. Other survivors include Bob and Roma Kidd, and Violet Shows. Pallbearers include Alvin Lane, Todd Morris, Dave Day, Ronnie Cobb, Jerry Awtry, Johnny Hoychick, Floyd Bruce Boughton and Oragene Morris. Visitation will be Thursday, March 3, 2005 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Rayville. The family requests that me morials be made to the First Baptist Church of Rayville.