Obit of Sidwell, Eugene Chenoweth (s340) - Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 31 Aug 2004 Return to Pottawatomie County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pottawatomie/pottawatomie.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Eugene Chenoweth Sidwell Eugene Chenoweth "E.C." Sidwell, 94, of Amarillo, a former Pampa resident, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1999. Services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Presbyterian Church at Pampa with Dr. Edwin Cooley, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at Pampa by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa. Mr. Sidwell was born in Monticello, Ky., and was raised in Blacksville, W.Va. He graduated from Blacksville High School in 1921. He attended Davis and Elkins College for one year. He left West Virginia at the age of 17 to begin a career in the oil and gas business, a career that spanned over 75 years. He settled in Oklahoma and spent the next 10 years in Wyoming, Texas and Kansas working for oil equipment supply companies. In 1934, he founded Texwell Corp. for the exploration of oil and natural gas. Oil Well Servicing Co. Inc. was established in 1938, followed by Beacon Supply Co. in 1947. He established La Coma Corp. in 1948 and had extensive gas production in Collingsworth and Wheeler counties. Mr. Sidwell ranched in Collingsworth, Hemphill and Wheeler counties. He was a member and an elder of First Presbyterian Church of Pampa, the Masonic Lodge at Shawnee, Okla., and Khiva Shrine in Amarillo. He served on the executive board of Cal Farley's Boys Ranch for 30 years and was a former member of the board of the Amarillo Children's Home. He served as mayor of Pampa from 1962 to 1963 and served on the Pampa School Board of Trustees. In 1958, Mr. Sidwell was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia. An autobiography of his life "One Man's Journey" was published in 1983. He married Sarah Pauline "Polly" Reid in 1928 at Shawnee, Okla. Survivors include his wife; a son, E.R. "Gene" Sidwell of Amarillo; a daughter, Ann Fatheree of Fair Oaks Ranch; a brother, Bob Sidwell of Pampa; a sister, Edna Emmitt of Hutchinson, Kan.; eight grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. The family requests memorials be to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch and Affiliates; Amarillo Children's Home; or the Book of Remembrance of the First Presbyterian Church of Pampa. Amarillo Daily News 15 Jan 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Pottawatomie County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pottawatomie/pottawatomie.htm