Kathryn Long Hyde
January 27, 1931 ~ November 16, 2007
Resided in:
Candler, NC
Kathryn “Kitty” Long Hyde, 76, of 30 Hartshorn Drive, Candler, died Friday, November 16, 2007, at St. Joseph Campus.
A native of Macon County, she was a daughter of the late Paul E. and Gertrude Brown Long and was also preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Senator Herbert Lee Hyde, who died in 2006.
A graduate of Franklin High School, Mrs. Hyde was a servant of Christ who dedicated her life to her church, her husband and her children. She was the first female deacon at Calvary Baptist Church where she was a member for more than 50 years and served on numerous committees. She held various offices with the Democrat Women’s Club of Buncombe County and was a founding member of the Good Neighbors Club.
Survivors include four daughters, Deborah Hyde (Sam) Cannon, Dale Lynn (Steve) Wheeler, Dr. Karen Hyde (Dr. Bill Danaher) Weissman, Jane Hyde Kordish (Captain Adam Kordish); two sons, Benjamin Wesley Hyde and William Garrett Hyde; three sisters, Iris Wamsley, Glenda Hunsucker and Linda Hembree; five grandchildren, Charles Herbert Hyde Cannon, Joseph Garrett Weissman, Leonard Vance Hyde Cannon, David Hunter Hamerick and Amanda Lucy Hamerick.
A memorial service will be held at 4:00 pm Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church with the Reverend Donald N. Welborn officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church Building Fund, 531 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806.
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The Long family have been family friends for a very long time and we share in your sadness. Our prayers are with the family during these sad times.
We send our condolences to the family of Kitty Hyde. She was a special friend and appreciate her devotion to her family and community. Bob and Cathryn Kinser and family.
Miss Kitty was always a dear friend while I was a member of Calvary Church,before I moved. She was a great southern lady. My prayers are with her family.
Deborah,
I was sorry to learn of your mother’s passing. You and your family will be in our thoughts and prayers.
Yours in Christ,
Brenda (fellow classmate at Enka High)
I am a member of Calvary Baptist Church and my family, who are all now deceaed, has known the Hyde’s for several years. On behalf of my family and myself I want to say how sorry I am and send my condolences to the Hyde family.
Kitty and Herbert were always very special to our family.(Homer &
Eunice Clark, and Doug) Jane and Laura were born very close together and were in the hospital at the same time. Kitty and Herbert were dear friends, and we will miss them both very much. Our sympathy and prayers go out to all of the family.
Ruby Lee Clark Rockett
Laura Ann Clark McFadden
Deborah, My deepest sympathy to you and your family. Having lost my mom not too long ago, I know the pain of the loss, and my thoughts and prayers are with you. I had occasion to sit next to your mother at a function at Broyhill Baptist Children’s Home last year, and found her a delightful person. Please know that you will be in my prayers in the coming difficult weeks.
What a grand lady! Her friendship I will always treasure. My deepest symkpathy to all of the family
Jane, I’m sorry to hear of the loss of your mom and that of your father also. Our prayers and sympathy are with you. Jeff & Patty Maney
Dear Hyde Family,
So sorry about all of our loss of ‘Miss Kitty’. She was in my sunday school dept. at calvary baptist. We sat together and had nice long talks during chapel. She was so precious to me. Kitty and Senator Hyde were such an adorable couple. I guess none of us realized just how much she missed the Senator, but we do realize how much we will always love and miss her. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Pamela J. Rice
Ms Kitty – thank you for being such an inspiration! I’ll never forget our hike to the waterfall.
Grief is the price we pay for having loved so much.
Jane and Family –
I am very sorry to hear of your loss. Please know that you are all in my heart and my prayers in the days ahead.
Thank you for makeing me feel like part of the family every time I was in your home. memories of you and your family are a large part of my younger years. I would not trade those memories for anything in the world. Love you and miss you.
Dear Deborah and family,
I am sorry to read of your Mom’s death. Losing your parents is one of the hardest valleys to go through. My prayers are with you all in this especially difficult time.
I feel so thankful to have known Miss Kitty, a most outstanding woman of the finest character. I admire her so much & always will. She is with her Hub & her Heavenly Father forever.
Ben,
Sorry to hear about the passing of your mom. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Jerry, Tracy, Wendy and Rachel
Dear Hyde Family, Kitty and Herbert were very dear to Ernest and me. They befriended us and we shared a lot of special times together. Both of them were such blessings to those who knew them. We share in your grief and keep all of you in our prayers.
Love in Christ,
Sue Greene
Karen,I saw the passing of your mother in the paper & saw your dad had passed in 2006.I am so sorry for your loss.Daddy passed in 2000 & I moved in with mother in 2002.It has worked out very well.I’m a RN at the nursing home here which is only a mile from the house.I work 2nd shift.My number is 828-765-6212.Do take care & know you’re in my thoughts & prayers.Love Gwen
We knew Kitty Hyde through Jane who, in many ways is the daughter we never had. When we visited with the Hydes, Kitty’s generosity, kindness and sweetness left us with the feeling of having shared in the life of a very special person
Michelle and I will miss Kitty very much. We always looked forward to seeing her smiling face in church. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.
Michelle and I will miss Kitty very much. We always looked forward to seeing her smiling face in church. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.
Jane and family,
I am so sorry about you Mom. She was so incredibly sweet. I can still remember her stopping by to see me at one of my first jobs when I was a teenager. She would share a joke, carry on her walk around the mall, and then stop by another day. I wanted to let you know I am keeping you and your Mom in my thoughts.
Love
Susie (Brittian) Dudman and family
My sorrow and sympathy to the family of Kitty and Hub. I am a first cousin to Hub. My dad was Jud Medlin. Kathyrn and her family have always been dear to me. I spent many nights at the home in Franklin after staying for basketball practice and not having a way home.
Hello to Iris, a special high school friend.
Love to all. Wish I could be there for the funeral service. God bless each and every one. I love you.
Dot (Dorothy)
FYI, Kathryn and my mother, Nina Elmore Gibson, worked together briefly at Belks in Franklin NC during the late ’40s, just before my mom and dad married 3/1950.
My mom talked about her friend Kathryn and I read a few letters written about babies and their anticipated futures.
Although I never met any of you, my mom’s stories are part of my earliest memories. Your mom’s letters were cherished by my mother. I don’t know when they stopped communicating.
My mother died 8/2/1995.
May your Thanksgiving be filled with happy memories.
Bless you,
Beverly Gibson Webb
Nashville TN
I KNEW KATHRYN FOR MANY YEARS AS SHE LIVED NEXT TO ME IN FRANKLIN. I KNEW HER WHOLE FAMILY. SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND AND A GOOD PERSON. I KEPT IN TOUCH ABOUT HER WHILE SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. MY SISTER, LILLIAN NORRIS, AND JUANITA S. BAKER KEPT ME INFORMED ABOUT HER. I REMEMBER HER TAKING IRIS AND ME TO THE MOVIES ON SATURDAY NIGHTS. I WISH THE FAMILY MY SINCERE SYMPATHY IN HER PASSING. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. MARTHA JONES GIBSON
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Lynne
Jane,
I was so sorry to hear about your
Mom. She was one of my most favorite people at Calvary Baptist
Church. She was such an encourager.
May the meaning of the Christmas
season renew in you the hope and
assurance that you will see your
Mom again one day !
Paula Settle