Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....TISDALE, ALFRED DENT JR. January 25, 2010
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News Star World - January 28, 2010
ALFRED DENT TISDALE, JR., M.D.
Mulhearn Funeral Home

Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA.

A celebration of the life of Alfred Dent Tisdale, Jr., M.D. will be held at 
11:00 AM Friday, January 29, 2010, at Jesus the Good Shepherd Catholic Church 
in Monroe with Rev. Mark Watson officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn 
Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, 
Sterlington Road, Monroe.

Dr. Tisdale, former resident of Monroe, LA, passed away peacefully in Tulsa, 
OK on January 25, 2010. Dent was born in Monroe, LA on June 25, 1933. He 
attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA and graduated from 
Tulane University with a B.S. degree in Chemistry in 1955. In 1958, he 
graduated from Tulane School of Medicine where he was a member of Alpha Omega 
Alpha, an honorary medical fraternity. After graduation, Dent did a residency 
in pathology at Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA. 
He was board certified in Pathology and a member of the American College of 
Pathology.

Dent married his high school sweetheart, Martha Clayton Sparks, also of 
Monroe, LA and they settled in Pine Bluff, AR where Dent practiced pathology 
for 27 years. Dent and Martha Clayton returned to Monroe in 1987 where Dent 
continued to practice pathology and was a member of the LSU Medical School 
faculty at E. A. Conway Hospital. They shared many happy times with friends 
and family during their years in Monroe.

Dent was an avid hunter and fisherman, and those who knew him, knew that 
getting up at 4:00 in the morning to be in the woods among a flight of ducks 
was his favorite thing. He was fortunate to have shared many happy hunting 
experiences with his grandson, Ryan, who now carried on Dent's love for the 
outdoors. Dent was a lifetime sponsor of Ducks Unlimited and a wildlife 
conservationist.

In addition to hunting and fishing, Dent had a love for aviation. During their 
marriage, Dent and Martha Clayton each earned a pilot's license and spent many 
years flying together in the Beechcraft Bonanza. Where they could not fly 
themselves, they flew commercially, sharing many wonderful trips together to 
Europe. Dent's love of history took them to WWI and WWII battlefields in 
France, Belgium and Germany where he cherished the opportunity to relive many 
historical events from the past century.

Dent is predeceased by his mother and father, the late Dr. Alfred Dent and 
Leta Sproles Tisdale of Monroe; and his sister, Louise Tisdale Nunnally of 
Alexandria, LA.

Survivors include his wife, Martha Clayton Sparks Tisdale; his two children, 
Martha Tisdale Cordell of Tulsa, OK, and Robert Clayton Tisdale of Austin, TX; 
and four grandchildren, Ryan and Mary Louise Cordell, and George and Edward 
Tisdale. He will be dearly missed by his family, friends, hunting buddies, and 
professional colleagues.

Visitation will be Friday from 10:00 AM until service time at Jesus the Good 
Shepherd Catholic Church.

Pallbearers will be Dr. Michael O. Broyles, David R. Cordell, Sr., David R. 
Cordell, Jr., Pat Papas, Wood T. Sparks, and Robert C. Tisdale.

Honorary pallbearers will be William M. Davenport, Dr. Ralph King, William L. 
Mattison, Aylmer Eugene Montgomery, Jr., and Dr. Ran L. Phillips.

In lieu of flowers, please consider honoring Dent with a donation to a charity 
of your choice


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