Roberta (bobbi) Kidd-mercer (Roberta (bobbi) Taylor)

William M. Raines High School

Class of 1972

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First Name	Roberta (bobbi)
Last Name	Kidd-mercer
Maiden Name	Taylor
Graduation Year	Class of 1972
Gender	Female
City	N/A
State/Province	FL
Country	United States
Occupation	restaurant manager
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	I am proud to be the first white student to graduate from Wm. Raines. This was the first year of forced bussing and isnce I had just moved to Jax, and wasn't allowed to go to the school my senior class neighbors did.
About Me	I have been in food service for 32 years, doing everything from front to back of house (General Manager to Dish Washer and everything between) I also owned my own business for a few years called Bobbi's Helping Hands. It was mainly a residential cleaning / cooking business and personal concierge, but I did have a few businesses I serviced also. I was popular,prosperous and had a waiting list of people that wanted my services but breast cancer ended that career.. I married my soul mate in 1973, moved to Callahan and we had 2 beautiful daughters, then my husband was killed in a job related accident 2 months after our 10th anniversary. I remarried two years later and that ended in divorce 7 years later. I remarried for the last time in 1994 and we were told 7 years ago that he only had 6 weeks to live and was placed on hospice. Since that time he has been on hospice 3 times and is currently off hospice and although still very sick he is still alive, and I do take credit for the half of that that God didn't do. LOL I have six grandsons and one granddaughter and my youngest daughter is expecting a surprised child ( her youngest is 13 years old) in September. I am currently an assistant manager at the Lem Turner Wendy'...(read more)