Obit of Tidwell, Joe Dean - Stephens County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 22 Jan 2012 Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Crestview Memorial Park--Wichita Falls TX Joe Dean Tidwell Joe Dean Tidwell, 71, of Wichita Falls died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1999, in Wichita Falls. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Hampton Vaughan Crestview Chapel with the Rev. Keith Cupples, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church, officiating with Elks Rest. Burial will be in Crestview Memorial Park. Mr. Tidwell was born Nov. 8, 1927, in Duncan, Okla. He and LaVerne Souther were married Aug. 23, 1961, in Henrietta, Texas. He was a star football player at Wichita Falls High School and for Midwestern State University. He also played for the Baltimore Colts in 1953 and 1954. He served in the Army during the Korean War and had lived in Wichita Falls since his childhood. He had worked as a Deputy Sheriff since 1975 for Wichita County and was made a Deputy for Life. He was a past Exalted Ruler of the Elks Lodge No. 1105 and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife; a stepson, Bobby Steward of Canyon, Texas; a stepdaughter, Jean Ann of Mansfield, Texas; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Elks Lodge No. 1105, 4205 Seymour Hwy., Wichita Falls, Texas 76309. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm