Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
March , 1956
Former Poteau May Is Dead
Services Held
POTEAU. March 18—Services far Buel Clayton Tidwell, former
mayor, who died in LeFlore county Memorial hospital Friday
following a heart attack, were held Sunday at First Methodist
church.
Burial was in Oakland
cemetery under direction of Miller funeral home.
Tidwell, co-owner of a cleaning establishment, had lived here
since 1917. A World war I veteran, he was commander of the
American Legion post for several years.
He was a past chairman of the Methodist church board and
sang in the church choir and the Poteau Businessmen’s Choral
club. He was a 30-year member of Rotary.
Tidwell served as mayor of Poteau from 1949 through 1951.
Survivors are his wife: a daughter. Jo Ann Tidwell of Hobbs. N.
M.: a son. Bob Tidwell of Memphis. Tenn.; two sisters. Mrs.
Oscar Williams of Fort Smith. Ark. and Mrs. R. II. Lloyd of
Tulsa: and a brother, L. A. Tidwell of Joplin, Mo.
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