John Russell Kidd, 62, went home to his Lord and Savior on Friday, October 25, 2019. Funeral services for John will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, November 1, 2019 at Meador Funeral Home of Gainesville, officiated by Pastor Larry Eberhart. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville. There will be a time of visitation for friends and family beginning at 12:00 PM on Friday at the funeral home.
John was born on October 19, 1957 to Tommy and Lounette Kidd in Gainesville, Texas. He married Jonna Lynn Minter in early 1998. John loved his wife, all of his family and his job. He loved football. He attended schools in Gainesville and played football for the Leopards. He worked at the milk and cheese plant in Muenster until it closed, he then worked at North Central Texas College until his death.
He is survived by his brother, Thomas Kidd of Gainesville, sisters, Sharon Prestage, Linda Christian, Carolyn Griffith and husband, David, Sheila Sewell and husband, Gary, all of Gainesville, as well as numerous nieces and nephews, who lovingly called him Uncle Johnny.
John was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Jonna, one nephew and two nieces.
Serving as pallbearers will be Keith Griffith, Russell Griffith, Chad Sewell, Tony Parsons, Brad Shaw, Trey Dishman, Daniel Dishman and Taylor Dishman. Honorary pallbearers will be Gary Sewell, David Griffith and all the employees of North Central Texas College.
John was a coworker of mine at NCTC. He was kind, polite and always willing to lend a hand. He did his job with great integrity, and always had a smile on his face and a kind word to say.
Thank you for sharing him with us. He will be dearly missed, but will remain in our hearts forever.
Christy
His family and friends are in my prayers.
John was such a good person, always smiling and offering a friendly “hello,” and “you’re working entirely too hard!” We’ll definitely miss him at NCTC!
My nephew, John, is a fine, loving young man that I love with all my heart. I will never forget him. God’s blessings on him and the entire family!
My deepest sympathy goes out to the Kidd family. Lord be with you,
Tamara Williams
You will be missed. Always enjoy seeing you and talking at work.
Gonna miss big John so much. That smile! Telling EVERYONE they were working too hard, just too hard! He was the hardest worker around. Go rest high. See ya again!
We will miss your smile here at the NCTC Cosmetology building ! You always brought a smile , bump of the fist and a “your working to hard “ . Along with you . God Bless .
So very sorry for your loss. John was such a nice man. He did a fantastic job for NCTC! He will be missed.
Our deepest sympathy
I will miss this kind man.
John will be missed, we love and appreciated his work, but more than even that we loved his warmth, humor and caring spirit.
I am so very sorry fir the loss of your brother John he was a very sweet man.
Barbara Cox
John was a very loving man and my 2nd cousin. I wasn’t around John very much until we started back having the Harper family reunions in 2012. My wife Glenda was the reason we started having the reunions. She loved John and all the families.
John was almost the first one to arrive along with Tommy. I think he missed one reunion because of work. Not sure.
The last reunion he opened the door and helped carry food and greeted everyone. Glenda said he gave her a big hug. I will surely miss him but just knowing we will see him again someday in heaven when my time comes to leave this earth is a comfort today in knowing we will be together again but in a land of no sorrow or pain. we all loved Johnny.
Sweet Big John will be missed greatly by all who knew him. He would always go out of his way to give a friendly wave and say hello. It was always a joy getting his fist bumps of encouragement and I’ll never forget how he would always say I was working too hard.
Your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.