Mrs. Grace S Kite

Grace Adeline Sharpe Kite went to be with her Lord, January 24, 2017. She was 95 years old and lived a long and good life. Grace was born on June 4th, 1921, the youngest of three daughters of Florence and Henry Sharpe, originally of Mebane, NC. She earned a degree from James Madison University and a master’s degree in education administration from the University of Tennessee/Chattanooga. She married Clarence R. Kite on July 4th 1940. They were married for nearly 61 years. Grace was an educator for thirty years in Hamilton County. She taught at Red Bank Elementary and White Oak Elementary Schools. She was assistant principal at Red Bank Elementary. She was principal at West Valley Elementary and retired at Soddy-Daisy Elementary after twelve years of service to our children. Grace was a long-standing member of Red Bank Presbyterian Church where she taught a women’s Sunday school class for over fifty years. She was a member of the International Reading Association, the Association of Childhood Education, the Soddy Elementary PTO, Phi Delta Kappa and Delta Kappa Gamma sororities. She was President of the Soddy Women’s Club and a member Soddy Business and Professional Women’s Club and the Soddy-Daisy Council of the Greater Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. She was nominated for Personalities of the South. Grace is preceded in death by her husband, Clarence, sisters Clesta Sharpe Leonard and Mabel Sharpe Leonard. She is survived by sons Robert A. Kite (Betsy) and K. Steven Kite (Nancy). Granddaughters Sherri Aynn Kite Collins, Julianne Kite Ingram, and Elizabeth Kite Raines. Step-granddaughters Lelia Siler Geiger, Bonnie Siler Verlander and Katherine Siler McKinney. She is survived by eighteen great grandchildren, nieces Gini McChesney and Ann Ragland (Hank) and nephew Ben Leonard (Susan). The family will receive friends on Friday, January 27th at Chattanooga Funeral Home North Chapel, Hixson, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Grave side services will be Saturday morning the 28th at 11:00 a.m. in Hamilton Memorial Gardens, Hixson. Following the graveside services there will be a Celebration of Life service for Grace at Red Bank Presbyterian Church at 1:00 pm with the Rev. Eric Duble officiating. A reception at the church will follow the service. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials may be made to Red Bank Presbyterian Church, 4320 Dayton Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37415. Arrangements are held by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, TN 37343. Please share your thoughts and memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com