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Edmond Bueil “Kid” Rich
24 Apr 1931 – 9 Nov 2025
| Birth | 24 Apr 1931 |
| Death | 9 Nov 2025 |
| Cemetery | Morgan Cemetery Morgan , Bosque County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Phil Davis on 11 Nov 2025 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/289012837 |
Bio
Edmond B. "Kid" Rich April 24, 1931 — November 9, 2025 Meridian, Texas Edmond Bueil "Kid" Rich passed away on November 9, 2025 at his home in Meridian, Texas, at 94 years, six months and 16 days old. He was born on April 24, 1931 near Steiner, Texas. His parents were William Foster "Bill" and Bula Brooks Rich. Kid attended the Kopperl schools. In 1950, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. In November 1954 with a ranking of Boatswain's Mate Third Class, he received an honorable discharge and hitch-hiked from San Diego, California back to Morgan, Texas. On October 5, 1956, he married the love of his life, Joycie Mearl Dickey, in Fort Worth, Texas. Over the following decade, Kid and Joycie were blessed with the births of their three children, Brenda, Mike and Linda. When Joycie died in 2018, they were approximately six months away from celebrating their 62nd wedding anniversary. In 1959, Kid started in the auto body industry where he thrived until he retired in April 1992. During his career, he worked for multiple dealerships in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as well as Forest Chevrolet in Cleburne, Texas. In the early 1980s, he left Forest Chevrolet and started Kid's Paint & Body Shop in Morgan, Texas where his son, Mike Rich, later joined him. He was a faithful member of First Baptist Church in Clifton. Kid was a man that loved his Lord, his family and friends. He is survived by his children, Brenda and Bill Young, Mike Rich and Linda Rich, his grandchildren, Eric and Lisa Young, Derek and Shana Young, Brittany and Aaron Lavallee and Megan Pinnell, his seven great-grandchildren, Wyatt, Cole, Ryder and Presley Young, Helena, Stella and Edmond Lavallee, his sisters Bobbie Young and Judy Parsons, his sisters-in-law Reba Rogers and Mary Jane Dickey and numerous nieces and nephews. Kid was preceded in death by his parents, his beloved wife, Joycie, brother William Burnett "Billy" Rich and nephew Gary Rich. Note: Texas, U.S., Birth Records state birth was in Bosque County, Texas Source: Lawson Funeral Home, Meridian, Texas
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