Katie A. Kitchens Hudson, 77, died Friday, March 2, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. The funeral service will be held Saturday, March 10, 2018, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Rev. Doug Pepper officiating. Burial will follow in Forrest Memorial Cemetery in Batesville, Miss. The visitation will be held Saturday, March 10, 2018, from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. in West Hall at Waller Funeral Home.

Born in Lafayette County, to the late Joe and Della Bishop Kitchens, Mrs. Hudson was the retired owner of Crossroads Grocery and Gas Station. She was a Baptist.  Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Hudson and her caretaker/friend, Tommy Gray.

She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Hudson Smith and her husband, Lee of Pope, Miss., and grandchildren, Taylor L. Smith Shelby and her husband, Nate of Batesville, and Hudson G. Smith of Pope.

Memorial Contributions in Mrs. Hudson’s memory may be made to the American Heart Association, 4830 McWillie Circle, Jackson, MS 39206.