Arthur Gordon Kidd

Arthur Gordon Kidd, 100, of Fort Smith, passed from this life on November 23, 2020. He was born on July 18, 1920 in Austin, Texas to Arthur Werner Kidd and Winifred Kathryn Kidd. Gordon was a member of Goddard United Methodist Church.

Arthur was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and was married to Hazel Lewis of Greenwood. He served in the Army Signal Corp at Fort Monmouth, NJ in World War II, and later worked in New York City until his retirement. He continued his service in the armed forces as a member of the New Jersey National Guard, rising to the rank of major and executive officer of the local Battalion HQ.

After his retirement, he and his wife Hazel returned to Fort Smith in 1991. After his wife Hazel passed away in 1997, he married Laurel Roberts Bailly in 2000. He served as a volunteer in the local coast guard auxiliary for 15 years from 2001-2016. He was an avid senior swimmer, and medaled in local events and in the senior games in Houston, Texas in 2011.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Hazel Inez Kidd; and brother, Robert Kidd.

He is survived by his wife, Laurel, his daughter, Cynthia Apfelbaum and her husband, Holger, of New Jersey; and three sons, Arthur William Kidd of Fort Smith, Douglas Gordon Kidd and his wife Patricia, of Vienna, VA, and Walter Kenneth Kidd of Tampa, FL; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Funeral Service will be 1 PM, Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Edwards Funeral Home with burial to follow at Fort Smith National Cemetery.