Braxton Roy “B.R.” Kidd

Braxton Roy “B.R.” Kidd, 85, of Luling, passed away Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016. He was born Jan. 13, 1931 in Leesville to Lem Bur Kidd and Elester Pearl Whiddon Kidd. 

B.R. married Sytha Hotz on July 13, 1949 in Gonzales and together they hauled a load of cattle to Oklahoma for their honeymoon promptly after the wedding. B.R. was a member of the American Legion Post 177 and the Luling Cowboy Bible Church. 

B.R. grew up in Leesville, attended school in Leesville and then started working on the family farm to help support his family. He started hauling cattle for Vernon Caldwell Cattle Company before he was called into the US Army during the Korean War. After honorably serving his country he came back and drove a truck for Chester Thompson Trucking Company. 

Before long he took his expertise in trucking to Pat Baker and Sons Trucking in Kingsbury. He worked for Riddle Oil Company until 1967 when he founded B.R. Kidd Trucking Company working and trucking dependably until he retired in the late 1990s. 

B.R. enjoyed fishing and socializing with friends. He loved to barbeque and he and his wife formed a team of cookers called Jamboree Cookers in which they won many trophies for their barbeque. Many folks will recall B.R.’s teacup poodle named Monique who seldom left his side and frequently joined him for an ice cream cone at Dairy Queen. 

After retirement and the 100-hour weekly work load behind him, B.R. was afforded the time to do all these things mentioned above along with working and tending his cattle and even more socializing with friends. Clearly he enjoyed many special times with his grandchildren who called him “Poppa” and they recalled blessed memories of checking wells and cows with him and how he made opening gates a glamorous chore and taking time to share an ice cream treat with them. When pestered by a grandchild as why he didn’t have any hair he always replied it was because of a “bad perm” and as always laughter and good times were the course of the day with time spent with Poppa.

Braxton Roy Kidd is survived by his sons and daughter-in-law, Jerry Wayne and Pam Kidd of Luling, Ronnie Lane Kidd of Luling; grandchildren, Monica Knox and her husband Keith, Amanda Kidd and Kallen Kidd all of Luling; great-grandchildren, Alexis and Kaleb Knox, Tristan and Devin Hester. He was preceded in death by his adoring wife, Sytha Kidd; parents; grandson, Brandon Braxton Kidd; sister, Annie Mae Simmons; and brothers, Melvin, Buford and Stanley Kidd.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 at 2 p.m. in the Luling Cowboy Bible Church with Jerry Kidd and Keith Knox officiating. Interment will follow in the Leesville Cemetery. Pallbearers are Keith Knox, Kaleb Knox, Allen Knox, Kurt Knox, Joe Cardenas and Johnnie Halliburton. Honorary pallbearers are Kallen Kidd, Tristan Hester, Devin Hester, Larry Bolen, Randolph Robbins, Charles Bullock and Ira Bairrington. 

Memorials may be made to the Luling Cowboy Bible Church or the Leukemia Society.  Services are under the care and direction of O’Bannon Funeral Home, Luling, Texas.