Dorothy Lee (Wilhite) Tidwell (1915 - 2001)

Born 26 Nov 1915 in Hasse, Comanche, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Hardy Tidwell Sr — married 20 Jan 1934 in Eastland, Texas, United States

Died 11 May 2001 at age 85 in Desdemona, Eastland, Texas, United States

This profile is part of the Willhite Name Study.

Biography

Dorothy was born in 1915.^[1] She was the daughter of Tandy Wilhite and Ida Wilhite.

She married James Tidwell, 20 Jan 1934.

She passed away in 2001^[2] and is buried in Howard Cemetery, Desdemona, Texas.^[3]

Obituary^[4]

Funeral services for Dorothy Lee Wilhite Tidwell, 85, of Desdemona will be held at 3:30 p.m. today, May 13, at the Stephenville Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Dwayne Brawner officiating.

Burial will follow in the Howard Cemetery in Eastland County. Tidwell died Friday, May 11, at a local hospital.

She was born Nov. 26, 1915, in Hasse. She married James Hardy Tidwell Sr. on Jan. 20, 1934, in Eastland. He preceded her in death in 1978.

Tidwell was a member of the Desdemona Church of Christ and a lifelong resident of Desdemona. She was a farmer and a rancher.

Survivors include one son, James Hardy Tidwell Jr. and wife Kaye of Stephenville; one daughter, Nancy Tidwell Bond of Desdemona; one sister, Clyde Paul of Topeka, Kan.; six grandsons, Jerry Michael King of Greensboro, N.C., Robert Bruce King of Lampasas, James Trenton Tidwell of Dallas, Todd Christopher Tidwell of Dallas, Cory Allen Tidwell of Dallas and Chad Anthony Tidwell of North Carolina; two granddaughters, Valerie Morrison of Frisco and Carol Janea Escobeda of Austin, and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Carol Sue King, and two sons, an infant son in 1942 and Donald Guy Tidwell.

Residence

1920, Comanche, Texas^[5]

1930, Eastland, Texas^[6]

1940, Eastland, Texas^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas, Comanche County Records, 1858-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGN4-R1J8 : 8 December 2017), Dorothy Lee Wilhite, 26 Nov 1915; citing Birth, 26 Nov 1915, Hasse, Comanche, Texas, United States, Comanche County Clerk, Texas.
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1GB-BZF : 20 May 2014), Dorothy L Tidwell, 11 May 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #36504150
4. ↑ Stephenville Empire-Tribune (TX) - Monday, May 14, 2001
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCM3-77G : accessed 1 December 2019), Dorothy Wilbite in household of Soloman T Wilbite, Justice Precinct 1, Comanche, Texas, United States; citing ED 68, sheet 1A, line 20, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1789; FHL microfilm 1,821,789.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/H5YM-4N2 : accessed 26 December 2014), Dorothy L Wilhite in household of Solomon T Wilhite, Precinct 8, Eastland, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0036, sheet 15A, family 341, line 4, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2325; FHL microfilm 2,342,059.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWVS-561 : accessed 22 January 2018), Dorothy L Tidwell in household of James H Tidwell, Justice Precinct 8, Eastland, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-35, sheet 1A, line 2, family 1, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4024.