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Wilma “Jane” Kidd: Obituary

Wilma “Jane” Kidd, age 79 of Murphy passed away Saturday, January 25,2020 at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. Jane was the daughter of the late Andrew and Cora Marie Green. She enjoyed canning, cooking, sewing and making quilts. Jane was an active member of the Grape Creek Homemakers Club and Ogreeta Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, Jane was preceded in death by her husband, John David Kidd; daughter, Rhonda Byers; stepdaughter, Patricia Kidd; brothers, Andrew, Samuel, Mickey, Daniel, Paul and Larry Green and sisters, Dot Sanders, Mary Crawford and Connie Walker.

Jane is survived by her daughter, Sharon Crain Craig; sons, Jeffrey Calvin Crain, John Jefferson Crain and Patrick Matthew Crain; stepsons, John David Kidd Jr.; and Charles Edward Kidd; stepdaughter, Deborah Kidd Morgan; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2pm, Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Townson-Rose Funeral Home Chapel of Murphy. Rev. Eddie Cook will officiate. Burial will be in Ogreeta Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons.

The family will receive friends from 1-2pm, Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at the Townson-Rose Funeral Home in Murphy.

You may send tributes to the Kidd family at www.townson-rose.com Townson-Rose Funeral Home in charge of arrangments.

You may send tributes to the family at www.mem.com

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