Joe Henry Tidwell

1915 - 2000  (84 years)

• Name	Joe Henry Tidwell  [1]
  Born	26 Sep 1915	Giles County, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Mar 1962	Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA   [2]
  	His father's obit.
  Died	8 Feb 2000
  Obituary	11 Feb 2000	Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA   [3]
  	From the Modesto Bee: "Custom-home builder Joe Tidwell dies at age 84 *His work covered a wide area as Modesto extended northward by Jeff Jardine (Bee Staff Writer) [Joe Henry Tidwell, who built custom homes in Modesto [California] for nearly three decades, died Tuesday (February 8, 2000) at Guardian Rehabilitation Hospital. #He was 84. #Mr. Tidwell, born Sept. 26, 1915, in Pulaski, Tenn., moved to Modesto in 1944 and soon entered the Army for the final part of World War II. #He received his contractor's license in 1950 and built his first home on Trask Lane in the El Vista area. #It sold for $6,800. He built 400 more custom homes over the next 27 years. #With partners Al Flory and Jim Johnston, Mr. Tidwell developed much of the area between Rumble Road and Standiford Avenue and Tully Road and McHenry Avenue. Their homes featured hand-made cabinets and tongue-and-groove floors said grandson Greg Tidwell. #Mr. Tidwell also developed subdivisions known as North Star Estates, Greenwood Estates and North Hampton Parks I and II, and built his own home in the North Hampton Parks area. #He retired in 1977 during the building of North Hampton Phase III, which is north of Sylvan Avenue between Rexford Drive and Coffee Road. #Throughout much of his career, his three sons worked alongside him. Sons Charles and Edward Tidwell are still involved in custom-home construction. Son Joe D. Tidwell specialized in masonry and later began his own company, Tidwell Enterprises. #Mr. Tidwell was a 40-year member of the Old Fishermen's Club and an avid trapshooter who belonged to the Escalon Gun Club. #He helped build the Free Methodist Church at Rose and Briggsmore avenues and was among the original members. #Mr. Tidwell is survived by his sons, all of Modesto; wife, Dorothy Selander Tidwell of Modesto; stepchildren, Gloria Short and David Crator, both of Modesto, and Mark Crator of Ceres; brothers, Jimmy Tidwell and Sam Tidwell, both of Pulaski (Tenn.); sisters, Liz Davis and Mable Brown, both of Pulaski (Tenn.), Louise Michalik of Missouri (sic; wrong, should be Mountain Home, Arkansas) and Lillian Ursiny of Roseville (Calif.); and 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. #A funeral will be at noon Saturday at the Free Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park in Hughson (Calif). Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Lakewood Funeral Home in Hughson. #Remembrances may be made to the Free Methodist Church, 1520 Rose Ave., Modesto (Calif.) 95350.]"
  Person ID	I7850	Full
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph Johnson "Joe" Tidwell,   b. 14 Jan 1895, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 19 Mar 1962, Giles County, Tennessee, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Mabel Clara Pillow,   b. Abt 1896, Tennessee, USA
  Married	9 Jan 1914	Giles County, Tennessee, USA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F2878	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lois Richardson,   b. 20 Jun 1921,   d. 10 Sep 1988  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1937  [3]
  Children	+ 1. Charles Henry Tidwell,   b. 23 Nov 1938,   d. 2 May 2009  (Age 70 years)   2. Edward Wayne Tidwell   3. Joe Dean Tidwell   4. Lois Ann Tidwell,   b. 19 Aug 1945,   d. 24 Jul 1999  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2019
  Family ID	F2884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Dorothy M. Harley
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2019
  Family ID	F2886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S5721] 1920 U.S. census, Giles County, Tennessee, population schedule, civil district 6, enumeration district (ED) 27, sheet 8A (penned), p. 91a (stamped), dwelling 157, family 159, Joe Tidwell household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 August 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1740. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6061/4390408_00746/35364712. [S5718] FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : 10 August 2019), database, Memorial ID 43606597, for Joseph Johnson "Joe J." Tidwell (1895-1962), citing Maplewood Cemetery (Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee). Photos and obituary. [S5726] FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : 11 August 2019), database, photo, and obituary, Memorial ID 98814236, for Louise Tidwell Michelin (1917-2012), citing George National Cemetery (Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia). . [S5719] FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : 10 August 2019), database, Memorial ID 36875458, for Charles Wesley Tidwell (1829-1906), citing Mount Moriah Cemetery (Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee). Photos and obituary. [S5722] Giles County, Tennessee, marriage bond index, vols. 8-11 [specific vol. not stated]:33, line 2, Joe Johnson Tidwell-Mabel Pillow (1914); digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 11 August 2019) > "Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002," > Giles > 1914-1954: Marriage Bonds, Index 8-11 > image 100; citing Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, microfilm [roll not stated], Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. .