Nonprofit provides much-needed assistance to family of veteran who died of cancer WSOC TV [Video]

SALISBURY, N.C. — A local nonprofit is honoring a Salisbury veteran who lost his fight against an unseen enemy, cancer.

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Richard Kidd died earlier this year, just weeks after his diagnosis.

Family members told Channel 9′s Eli Brand that they were struggling to schedule a service until the Veterans Social Center stepped in to help.

Sandra Kesler-Kidd met her husband, Kidd, on a dating website while he served in Norfolk, Virginia.

“He asked for someone within a 50-mile range, and he was stationed in Norfolk. I live in Salisbury 250 miles away,” Kesler-Kidd said. “And I asked for someone 5-foot-10 or taller with no tattoos. He’s 5-foot-8 and covered in tattoos, but it was love at first sight.”

Kesler-Kidd told Channel 9 that she visited Richard as often as she could and vice versa.

They were married in 2010 in Las Vegas and moved to …