Sue was born on December 14, 1926 to Josephine Harrington and Rev. James Arthur Kidd in Cooper, Texas. She grew up and attended school in Alpine, Texas. After graduation she followed her father’s footsteps and attended Baylor University where she graduated with a degree in Elementary Education. Sue started her teaching career teaching 4th grade in the Rio Grande Valley but was soon drawn to join a friend in Midland, Texas where she quickly found a job with an oil company. It was in Midland where she met her future husband, Robert Jackson ‘Jack’ Hester, and in January 1952 they were married in Woodville, Texas.
Sue followed Jack in his career in the oil business starting out in Ozona, Texas then back to Midland where they settled. They were active members of First Baptist Church in Midland. It was in Midland that they started their family, first a daughter, Lynn in 1954, then their son, John in 1959. Jack’s career took them to Corpus Christi, Houston, and Dallas then back to Houston where they retired. In Houston they were active members of Tallowood Baptist Church where they first joined in 1968 until 1984, then again in 1986 upon their return to Houston.
Sue dedicated her life to raising her family and making a Christian home. Her primary career was as a stay-at-home mother, however, she loved teaching and engaged in a second career as a teacher in 1977-1980 in Spring Branch ISD. She remained active in teaching pre-school Sunday School and as a nursery teacher at Tallowood. Sue’s greatest joys were studying the Bible, cooking for her family, playing piano and oil painting. She was a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.
Sue is preceded in death by her husband, Jack. She is survived by her daughter Lynn Shuler and husband Wiley Shuler of San Marcos, Texas, son John and his wife Connie of Austin, Texas and grandchildren James Shuler and wife Ashley, of Katy, Texas, Cora Shuler Rodenbusch and husband Will Rodenbusch of Austin, Texas and five great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Cedar Ridge Memory Care Home in Cedar Park, Texas and the dedicated nurses at Resolution Hospice for their loving care of our mother, grandmother and friend.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that any memorial donations be made to: Tallowood Baptist Church
