This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tidwell, Withers, Bright, Ostrander, Tucker, Ballard Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/2880 Message Board Post: Chesney Marion Tidwell was born near Grimes, Oklahoma on July 10, 1906, and passed away in a sudden disaster (tornado) at his home in the Grimes community May 25, 1955. He leaves to mourn his passing one son, Wilbert Marion of the home address; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Withers of Coweta, Oklahoma, Mrs. Anna Belle Bright of Wichita, Kansas, Mrs. Ruth Ostrander of Sun Valley, California, and Mrs. Rose Dena Tucker of Miami, Oklahoma; two brothers, Murray Tidwell of Grimes and Grady Tidwell of Altus, Oklahoma, and a host of other relatives and friends. He was a long time member of the Baptist church. Bernice Myrtle Tidwell was born at Mountain View, Oklahoma November 5, 1901, and passed away in a sudden disaster (tornado) on May 25, 1955, at her home in the Grimes community. She leaves to mourn her passing one son Wilbert Marion of the home address; four brothers, Royal L. Ballard of Frederick, Oklahoma, Jody W. Ballard of Rocky Ford, Colorado, Dwight L. Ballard of Houston, Texas, and Kenneth W. Ballard of Wewoka, Oklahoma, also nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Mrs. Tidwell was a long time member of the Baptist church. Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Tidwell were conducted in the high school auditorium in Cheyenne Sunday afternoon, Mary 29, 1955. Rev. Burton Benham, pastor of the Baptist church at Reydon, and Rev. J.F. Wilkerson, pastor of the Baptist church at Cheyenne, conducted the servies. Burial was in the Cheyenne cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK