Individual Details

Idell Bennett

(6 Jul 1915 - 4 Nov 2004)

The Belleville News-Democrat, Belleville, Illinois, Tuesday, November 9, 2004, Page 4 B: Idell Tidwell, nee Bennett, 89, of Fairview Heights, Ill., born July 6, 1915, in Greenville, Mo., died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004, at Caseyville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Caseyville, Ill. Mrs. Tidwell was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lavelle John Tidwell, whom she married March 8, 1947, in St. Louis, Mo., and who died Dec. 9, 1972; a son, Jackie Lee Tidwell, who died in 1989; two brothers, Ivan and Ira Bennett; and two sisters, Imogean Barker and Inez Bennett. Surviving are a daughter, Linda Gall of Fairview Heights, Ill.; three sisters, Irma Clark of Greenville, Mo., Irene Ellis of Fredericktown, Mo., and Iva Bangert of Jackson, Mo.; five grandchildren, James and John Gall, Kelly (Craig) Herling, Kristy (Shane) Whitmire and Kerry (friend Shane Schwab) Tidwell; and four great-grandchildren, Dylan Terrell, Jameshia Cotton, Loyla Schwab and Madelyn Herling. Funeral: Funeral services were held Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville, Mo., with the Rev. Mark McMullin officiating, and a eulogy and poem by Julie Vaneuren. Burial was in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Hiram, Mo. Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville, Mo.

Events

Birth6 Jul 1915Greenville, Wayne Co., Missouri
Birth1916Missouri
Residence1920Lost Creek, Wayne Co., Missouri
Residence1930Saint Francois, Wayne Co., Missouri
Residence1935Greenville, Wayne Co., Missouri
Residence1 Apr 1940Greenville, Wayne Co., Missouri
Marriage8 Mar 1947St Louis, (Independent City), Missouri - Lavelle John "Jack" Tidwell
Death4 Nov 2004Collinsville, St Clair Co., Illinois
BurialWesley-Dixon Cemetery, Hiram, Wayne Co., Missouri

Families

SpouseLavelle John "Jack" Tidwell (1915 - 1972)
ChildJacke Lee Tidwell ( - )
ChildLinda Jane Tidwell ( - )
FatherMarion "Clarence" Bennett (1890 - 1965)
MotherBessie Jane Osborn (1894 - 1945)
SiblingIvan Lavern Bennett (1916 - 1989)
SiblingMary Irene Bennett (1918 - 2005)
SiblingJohn Ira Bennett (1921 - 1990)
SiblingImogene H. Bennett (1923 - 1992)
SiblingIva Lee Bennett (1926 - 2009)
SiblingIrma Bennett (1932 - )

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