Obituary of CRAYBON TIDWELL, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
39503

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  January 1, 1970, Thursday

Headline:  Fifth Victim of LaSalle Accident Succumbs Sunday

Craybon Tidwell, 37, of Tullos died at 11 a.m. Sunday in an Alexandria 
hospital as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident near 
Tullos on Thanksgiving Day.

Killed in the collision were Tidwell's father, Ebbon Archie Tidwell, 64, of 
Tullos and Craybon Tidwell's three children, Dennis R. Tidwell, 10, Ricky G. 
Tidwell, 8, and Charles R. Tidwell, 12.

Craybon Tidwell was thrown from the truck as it flipped over and the gasoline 
tank exploded.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Tidwell of Tullos; one brother, C. T. 
Tidwell of New Orleans; one sister, Mrs. W. O. Holmes of Tullos; his mother, 
Mrs. Cloie Tidwell of Tullos, his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Eula Cockerham 
of Tullos, his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ruby Tidwell of Winnfield.