Mary Louise Lea Tidwell died November 30, 2014.
Burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Born in 1923, she was a lifelong resident of Nashville. Mrs. Tidwell was the widow of the late Dr. Cromwell Tidwell, Jr., a prominent Nashville dentist. She was a daughter of the late Percie Warner and Colonel Luke Lea, founder of the Nashville Tennessean and a former United States Senator. She was the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Percy Warner and the late Mr. and Mrs. Overton Lea.
She was preceded in death by three brothers: Luke Lea, Jr., Percy Warner Lea and Overton Lea.
She is survived by two daughters, Percie Tidwell Snider and Lea Tidwell; son, Cromwell Tidwell III (Emily); five grandchildren, Carolyn Cate Tidwell, Emily Warner Tidwell, Cromwell Tidwell IV, John Michael Snider, Jr., and Lea Warner Snider; and a sister, Laura Lea Knox (Mrs. William Knox), all of Nashville.
Mrs. Tidwell was the author of a biography of her father, Luke Lea of Tennessee, published in 1993. Active in the affairs of the community, she was a past president of the Junior League of Nashville, the Women of St. George's Episcopal Church, and the International Study Club. She was on the advisory board of the Friends of Warner Parks. She was a member of the Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee, and the Vanderbilt Aid Society, of which she served as secretary and vice-president. She was formerly on the board of Family and Children's Service, and a member of the Query Club, Centennial Club, and the auxiliaries of the Nashville Dental Society and the Tennessee Dental Association.
Prior to her marriage in 1948, Mrs. Tidwell was a society reporter on The Tennessean. She graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 1945, received an M.A. in 1946, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Delta Delta social fraternity. She served two years as the first female president of the Vanderbilt University Student Union. She also traveled extensively.
Descended from pioneer families influential in the life of Nashville, Mrs. Tidwell was the great-granddaughter of James C. Warner, a pioneer developer of iron and coal interests throughout the South; Dr. John Berrien Lindsley, president of the University of Nashville; and Judge John M. Lea, mayor of Nashville in 1849. She was a direct descendent of Judge John Overton and William Cocke, United States Senator when Tennessee was admitted to the union, and of Robert Cartwright, an original settler of Nashville arriving by boat with John Donelson in 1780.
The family thanks Bernice Overton for the excellent care she took of Mrs. Tidwell.
Honorary Pallbearers are George H. Cate, Jr., Lloyd P. Crockett, Franklin, the Reverend Charles Fels, Knoxville, Z. Alexander Gentle, William N. Knox, Jr., Northport, ME, Overton Lea, Jr., Knoxville, Percy Warner Lea, Randal McGavock Lea, W. T. Mallison III, Hendersonville, William R. Rubino, and Dr. Gary L. Waltemath.
Active Pallbearers are great-nephews and cousins residing in the local community: Christopher Warner Gentle, Ryan McGavock Gentle, Luke Lea II, Warner Lea Murphy, Woods Murphy, Berkley Nance, Will Rubino, Jr., and Govan White.
Burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Born in 1923, she was a lifelong resident of Nashville. Mrs. Tidwell was the widow of the late Dr. Cromwell Tidwell, Jr., a prominent Nashville dentist. She was a daughter of the late Percie Warner and Colonel Luke Lea, founder of the Nashville Tennessean and a former United States Senator. She was the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Percy Warner and the late Mr. and Mrs. Overton Lea.
She was preceded in death by three brothers: Luke Lea, Jr., Percy Warner Lea and Overton Lea.
She is survived by two daughters, Percie Tidwell Snider and Lea Tidwell; son, Cromwell Tidwell III (Emily); five grandchildren, Carolyn Cate Tidwell, Emily Warner Tidwell, Cromwell Tidwell IV, John Michael Snider, Jr., and Lea Warner Snider; and a sister, Laura Lea Knox (Mrs. William Knox), all of Nashville.
Mrs. Tidwell was the author of a biography of her father, Luke Lea of Tennessee, published in 1993. Active in the affairs of the community, she was a past president of the Junior League of Nashville, the Women of St. George's Episcopal Church, and the International Study Club. She was on the advisory board of the Friends of Warner Parks. She was a member of the Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee, and the Vanderbilt Aid Society, of which she served as secretary and vice-president. She was formerly on the board of Family and Children's Service, and a member of the Query Club, Centennial Club, and the auxiliaries of the Nashville Dental Society and the Tennessee Dental Association.
Prior to her marriage in 1948, Mrs. Tidwell was a society reporter on The Tennessean. She graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 1945, received an M.A. in 1946, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Delta Delta social fraternity. She served two years as the first female president of the Vanderbilt University Student Union. She also traveled extensively.
Descended from pioneer families influential in the life of Nashville, Mrs. Tidwell was the great-granddaughter of James C. Warner, a pioneer developer of iron and coal interests throughout the South; Dr. John Berrien Lindsley, president of the University of Nashville; and Judge John M. Lea, mayor of Nashville in 1849. She was a direct descendent of Judge John Overton and William Cocke, United States Senator when Tennessee was admitted to the union, and of Robert Cartwright, an original settler of Nashville arriving by boat with John Donelson in 1780.
The family thanks Bernice Overton for the excellent care she took of Mrs. Tidwell.
Honorary Pallbearers are George H. Cate, Jr., Lloyd P. Crockett, Franklin, the Reverend Charles Fels, Knoxville, Z. Alexander Gentle, William N. Knox, Jr., Northport, ME, Overton Lea, Jr., Knoxville, Percy Warner Lea, Randal McGavock Lea, W. T. Mallison III, Hendersonville, William R. Rubino, and Dr. Gary L. Waltemath.
Active Pallbearers are great-nephews and cousins residing in the local community: Christopher Warner Gentle, Ryan McGavock Gentle, Luke Lea II, Warner Lea Murphy, Woods Murphy, Berkley Nance, Will Rubino, Jr., and Govan White.
Mary Louise Lea Tidwell died November 30, 2014.
Burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Born in 1923, she was a lifelong resident of Nashville. Mrs. Tidwell was the widow of the late Dr. Cromwell Tidwell, Jr., a prominent Nashville dentist. She was a daughter of the late Percie Warner and Colonel Luke Lea, founder of the Nashville Tennessean and a former United States Senator. She was the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Percy Warner and the late Mr. and Mrs. Overton Lea.
She was preceded in death by three brothers: Luke Lea, Jr., Percy Warner Lea and Overton Lea.
She is survived by two daughters, Percie Tidwell Snider and Lea Tidwell; son, Cromwell Tidwell III (Emily); five grandchildren, Carolyn Cate Tidwell, Emily Warner Tidwell, Cromwell Tidwell IV, John Michael Snider, Jr., and Lea Warner Snider; and a sister, Laura Lea Knox (Mrs. William Knox), all of Nashville.
Mrs. Tidwell was the author of a biography of her father, Luke Lea of Tennessee, published in 1993. Active in the affairs of the community, she was a past president of the Junior League of Nashville, the Women of St. George's Episcopal Church, and the International Study Club. She was on the advisory board of the Friends of Warner Parks. She was a member of the Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee, and the Vanderbilt Aid Society, of which she served as secretary and vice-president. She was formerly on the board of Family and Children's Service, and a member of the Query Club, Centennial Club, and the auxiliaries of the Nashville Dental Society and the Tennessee Dental Association.
Prior to her marriage in 1948, Mrs. Tidwell was a society reporter on The Tennessean. She graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 1945, received an M.A. in 1946, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Delta Delta social fraternity. She served two years as the first female president of the Vanderbilt University Student Union. She also traveled extensively.
Descended from pioneer families influential in the life of Nashville, Mrs. Tidwell was the great-granddaughter of James C. Warner, a pioneer developer of iron and coal interests throughout the South; Dr. John Berrien Lindsley, president of the University of Nashville; and Judge John M. Lea, mayor of Nashville in 1849. She was a direct descendent of Judge John Overton and William Cocke, United States Senator when Tennessee was admitted to the union, and of Robert Cartwright, an original settler of Nashville arriving by boat with John Donelson in 1780.
The family thanks Bernice Overton for the excellent care she took of Mrs. Tidwell.
Honorary Pallbearers are George H. Cate, Jr., Lloyd P. Crockett, Franklin, the Reverend Charles Fels, Knoxville, Z. Alexander Gentle, William N. Knox, Jr., Northport, ME, Overton Lea, Jr., Knoxville, Percy Warner Lea, Randal McGavock Lea, W. T. Mallison III, Hendersonville, William R. Rubino, and Dr. Gary L. Waltemath.
Active Pallbearers are great-nephews and cousins residing in the local community: Christopher Warner Gentle, Ryan McGavock Gentle, Luke Lea II, Warner Lea Murphy, Woods Murphy, Berkley Nance, Will Rubino, Jr., and Govan White.
Burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Born in 1923, she was a lifelong resident of Nashville. Mrs. Tidwell was the widow of the late Dr. Cromwell Tidwell, Jr., a prominent Nashville dentist. She was a daughter of the late Percie Warner and Colonel Luke Lea, founder of the Nashville Tennessean and a former United States Senator. She was the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Percy Warner and the late Mr. and Mrs. Overton Lea.
She was preceded in death by three brothers: Luke Lea, Jr., Percy Warner Lea and Overton Lea.
She is survived by two daughters, Percie Tidwell Snider and Lea Tidwell; son, Cromwell Tidwell III (Emily); five grandchildren, Carolyn Cate Tidwell, Emily Warner Tidwell, Cromwell Tidwell IV, John Michael Snider, Jr., and Lea Warner Snider; and a sister, Laura Lea Knox (Mrs. William Knox), all of Nashville.
Mrs. Tidwell was the author of a biography of her father, Luke Lea of Tennessee, published in 1993. Active in the affairs of the community, she was a past president of the Junior League of Nashville, the Women of St. George's Episcopal Church, and the International Study Club. She was on the advisory board of the Friends of Warner Parks. She was a member of the Colonial Dames of America in Tennessee, and the Vanderbilt Aid Society, of which she served as secretary and vice-president. She was formerly on the board of Family and Children's Service, and a member of the Query Club, Centennial Club, and the auxiliaries of the Nashville Dental Society and the Tennessee Dental Association.
Prior to her marriage in 1948, Mrs. Tidwell was a society reporter on The Tennessean. She graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 1945, received an M.A. in 1946, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Delta Delta social fraternity. She served two years as the first female president of the Vanderbilt University Student Union. She also traveled extensively.
Descended from pioneer families influential in the life of Nashville, Mrs. Tidwell was the great-granddaughter of James C. Warner, a pioneer developer of iron and coal interests throughout the South; Dr. John Berrien Lindsley, president of the University of Nashville; and Judge John M. Lea, mayor of Nashville in 1849. She was a direct descendent of Judge John Overton and William Cocke, United States Senator when Tennessee was admitted to the union, and of Robert Cartwright, an original settler of Nashville arriving by boat with John Donelson in 1780.
The family thanks Bernice Overton for the excellent care she took of Mrs. Tidwell.
Honorary Pallbearers are George H. Cate, Jr., Lloyd P. Crockett, Franklin, the Reverend Charles Fels, Knoxville, Z. Alexander Gentle, William N. Knox, Jr., Northport, ME, Overton Lea, Jr., Knoxville, Percy Warner Lea, Randal McGavock Lea, W. T. Mallison III, Hendersonville, William R. Rubino, and Dr. Gary L. Waltemath.
Active Pallbearers are great-nephews and cousins residing in the local community: Christopher Warner Gentle, Ryan McGavock Gentle, Luke Lea II, Warner Lea Murphy, Woods Murphy, Berkley Nance, Will Rubino, Jr., and Govan White.
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