The following obituary is taken from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram dated 4 Feb, 1981.
Funeral for Winston H. Tidwell, 60, a World War II U. S. Navy veteran and native of Fort Worth, will be held at 2:30pm Friday at Moore Funeral Home with burial at Isham Cemetery.
He died Monday in his Downey, California home. A resident of Downey since 1944, Tidwell was retired from the automotive air-conditioning business. He was a Baptist.
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Winston was born 11 December 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas. His father, Stephen Tidwell, died when Winston was only 12 years old. He took very good care of his mother and 5 siblings. After his marriage to Ruby, they moved to California with $50 and a loaf of bread in an old Ford. He worked very hard and became successful at the machine shop he started shortly after he arrived in CA. He was a born-again Christian, a deacon in the Baptist church, and played the organ occasionally .
He owned rental houses, a 200-acre farm near Austin, TX and a 5-acre, 600 avocado tree farm north of San Diego in Fallbrook. He always took care of his Texas family and would fly them out to California for vacations and pay for everything. He really loved his family. In his later years he lived at the avocado tree farm in Fallbrook. He loved and very much enjoyed spending time with his grandson. He would drive to NAS Miramar and bring him out to the avocado tree farm. He also loved coming to Miramar to visit his grandson. They would have lunch together in the cafeteria on base. It must have reminded him of his time in the Navy. He was very proud of his grandson.
(I'm so very thankful to Rand for providing this information about our grandfather. It means so much more than I could ever say.)
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Not exactly sure of the date of his first marriage to Billie but almost positive it was 1940. Still searching for paperwork on that.
He was the biological father of Billie (Morris) Galbraith, but he never knew she existed. Now they are both in Heaven.
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010:
Name Winston Tidwell
Birth Date 11 Dec 1920
Death Date 2 Feb 1981
Branch: NAVY
Enlistment Date 20 Jan 1944
Discharge Date 28 Jun 1944
Occupation: Machinist Mate
Funeral for Winston H. Tidwell, 60, a World War II U. S. Navy veteran and native of Fort Worth, will be held at 2:30pm Friday at Moore Funeral Home with burial at Isham Cemetery.
He died Monday in his Downey, California home. A resident of Downey since 1944, Tidwell was retired from the automotive air-conditioning business. He was a Baptist.
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Winston was born 11 December 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas. His father, Stephen Tidwell, died when Winston was only 12 years old. He took very good care of his mother and 5 siblings. After his marriage to Ruby, they moved to California with $50 and a loaf of bread in an old Ford. He worked very hard and became successful at the machine shop he started shortly after he arrived in CA. He was a born-again Christian, a deacon in the Baptist church, and played the organ occasionally .
He owned rental houses, a 200-acre farm near Austin, TX and a 5-acre, 600 avocado tree farm north of San Diego in Fallbrook. He always took care of his Texas family and would fly them out to California for vacations and pay for everything. He really loved his family. In his later years he lived at the avocado tree farm in Fallbrook. He loved and very much enjoyed spending time with his grandson. He would drive to NAS Miramar and bring him out to the avocado tree farm. He also loved coming to Miramar to visit his grandson. They would have lunch together in the cafeteria on base. It must have reminded him of his time in the Navy. He was very proud of his grandson.
(I'm so very thankful to Rand for providing this information about our grandfather. It means so much more than I could ever say.)
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Not exactly sure of the date of his first marriage to Billie but almost positive it was 1940. Still searching for paperwork on that.
He was the biological father of Billie (Morris) Galbraith, but he never knew she existed. Now they are both in Heaven.
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010:
Name Winston Tidwell
Birth Date 11 Dec 1920
Death Date 2 Feb 1981
Branch: NAVY
Enlistment Date 20 Jan 1944
Discharge Date 28 Jun 1944
Occupation: Machinist Mate
The following obituary is taken from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram dated 4 Feb, 1981.
Funeral for Winston H. Tidwell, 60, a World War II U. S. Navy veteran and native of Fort Worth, will be held at 2:30pm Friday at Moore Funeral Home with burial at Isham Cemetery.
He died Monday in his Downey, California home. A resident of Downey since 1944, Tidwell was retired from the automotive air-conditioning business. He was a Baptist.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Winston was born 11 December 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas. His father, Stephen Tidwell, died when Winston was only 12 years old. He took very good care of his mother and 5 siblings. After his marriage to Ruby, they moved to California with $50 and a loaf of bread in an old Ford. He worked very hard and became successful at the machine shop he started shortly after he arrived in CA. He was a born-again Christian, a deacon in the Baptist church, and played the organ occasionally .
He owned rental houses, a 200-acre farm near Austin, TX and a 5-acre, 600 avocado tree farm north of San Diego in Fallbrook. He always took care of his Texas family and would fly them out to California for vacations and pay for everything. He really loved his family. In his later years he lived at the avocado tree farm in Fallbrook. He loved and very much enjoyed spending time with his grandson. He would drive to NAS Miramar and bring him out to the avocado tree farm. He also loved coming to Miramar to visit his grandson. They would have lunch together in the cafeteria on base. It must have reminded him of his time in the Navy. He was very proud of his grandson.
(I'm so very thankful to Rand for providing this information about our grandfather. It means so much more than I could ever say.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not exactly sure of the date of his first marriage to Billie but almost positive it was 1940. Still searching for paperwork on that.
He was the biological father of Billie (Morris) Galbraith, but he never knew she existed. Now they are both in Heaven.
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U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010:
Name Winston Tidwell
Birth Date 11 Dec 1920
Death Date 2 Feb 1981
Branch: NAVY
Enlistment Date 20 Jan 1944
Discharge Date 28 Jun 1944
Occupation: Machinist Mate
Funeral for Winston H. Tidwell, 60, a World War II U. S. Navy veteran and native of Fort Worth, will be held at 2:30pm Friday at Moore Funeral Home with burial at Isham Cemetery.
He died Monday in his Downey, California home. A resident of Downey since 1944, Tidwell was retired from the automotive air-conditioning business. He was a Baptist.
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Winston was born 11 December 1920 in Fort Worth, Texas. His father, Stephen Tidwell, died when Winston was only 12 years old. He took very good care of his mother and 5 siblings. After his marriage to Ruby, they moved to California with $50 and a loaf of bread in an old Ford. He worked very hard and became successful at the machine shop he started shortly after he arrived in CA. He was a born-again Christian, a deacon in the Baptist church, and played the organ occasionally .
He owned rental houses, a 200-acre farm near Austin, TX and a 5-acre, 600 avocado tree farm north of San Diego in Fallbrook. He always took care of his Texas family and would fly them out to California for vacations and pay for everything. He really loved his family. In his later years he lived at the avocado tree farm in Fallbrook. He loved and very much enjoyed spending time with his grandson. He would drive to NAS Miramar and bring him out to the avocado tree farm. He also loved coming to Miramar to visit his grandson. They would have lunch together in the cafeteria on base. It must have reminded him of his time in the Navy. He was very proud of his grandson.
(I'm so very thankful to Rand for providing this information about our grandfather. It means so much more than I could ever say.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not exactly sure of the date of his first marriage to Billie but almost positive it was 1940. Still searching for paperwork on that.
He was the biological father of Billie (Morris) Galbraith, but he never knew she existed. Now they are both in Heaven.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010:
Name Winston Tidwell
Birth Date 11 Dec 1920
Death Date 2 Feb 1981
Branch: NAVY
Enlistment Date 20 Jan 1944
Discharge Date 28 Jun 1944
Occupation: Machinist Mate
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