Mrs Ruth Etta Kidwell, age 72 of Bonifay, died Tuesday, Nov 17, 1998 in Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Alabama following an extended illness.  She was born Oct 28, 1926 in Indiana, the daughter of the late Nathan Johnson and Bertha Reece.  She spent most of her life in Sand Gap and Berea, Kentucky.  She spent much of the last ten years in Esto and was a retired nurse and homemaker.

	Funeral services were held Nov 19 in the chapel of Pittman Funeral Home in Geneva, Alabama.  Burial followed in the Esto Baptist Church cemetery with Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva, Alabama directing.

	Survivors include her sons;  Larry and wife Velma Wood of Berea, Kentucky, Walter Wood of Richmond, Kentucky, William and wife Julie Wood of Richmond, Kentucky, James Wood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, John Wood of Richmond, Kentucky and Joe and wife Stacie Kidwell of Richmond, Kentucky; daughter:  Lalonee and husband Gary Jacobs of Esto; 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

SOURCE:  Holmes County Advertiser/Washington County Post - Wednesday, November 25, 1998; Page 11