L.D. Kiser

L.D. Kiser was born Jan. 22, 1923, the fifth of 13 children, born to Dee and Olga Sweatt Kiser. He departed this life on Friday, Dec. 12, following a long recuperation from surgery and complications. L.D. leaves a wife, Myrtle White Kiser of Selmer; a daughter, Martha Lynn Holt and husband Danny of Savannah; a son, J.D. Matlock and wife Brenda of Selmer; and a daughter, Jackie Simpson and husband Paul of Selmer. He is survived by eight grandchildren, Melody Irene Holt, Daniel Ray Holt, Adam Simpson, Amber Phegley, Sallie Bodiford, Delise Russell, Elizabeth Matlock and Jana Raé Matlock and 16 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by three sisters, Ruby Whitaker, Vallie Helton and Maylene Nold. He was preceded in death by father, Dee Kiser, wife Irene Miller Kiser, mother, Olga Sweatt Kiser, brothers and sisters, R.A. Kiser, Raymond Kiser, Wilford Kiser, Laverne Knight, Vestie Dancer, Alford Kiser, Lockie Williams, Flaye Moore, and Dennie Kiser and a grandson, Eddie Simpson. L.D. served in the United States Army from 1943-1946. He worked for the McNairy Co. Highway Dept. from 1946-1962. He then worked for Uther Davidson’s Construction Co. in Jackson, Tenn., as a heavy equipment operator from 1962 until his retirement in 1985. L.D. was a member of the First Baptist Church in Selmer. He loved his family, God, his country and bluegrass music and enjoyed playing guitar and mandolin. He is survived by a host of family, friends, and bluegrass buddies. Memorials may be made in lieu of flowers to the First Baptist church of Selmer or to the St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Services were held Monday, Dec. 15, at 2 p.m., at Shackelford Funeral Directors of Selmer with interment in Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Daniel Ray Holt, Mike Knight, Herbert Kiser, Duke Whitaker, Larry Whitaker and Buck Kiser. Honorary pallbearers were Lou Craig, Johnny Head, Charles Ellis and Danny Ray Holt.