Person:Oscar Tidwell (2)

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Dr. Oscar Cromwell Tidwell, Jr., was born June 14, 1914, in Nashville, Tennessee, and lived in Huntingdon, Tennessee, during his childhood. The son of Oscar Cromwell and Corene Mebane Tidwell, Dr. Tidwell graduated from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Cromwell then attended the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry. During World War II, Dr. Tidwell was a major in the Dental Corps of the U.S. Army in Washington, D.C. On May 1, 1948, Dr. Tidwell married Mary Louise Lea, a Nashville native and graduate of Vanderbilt University. Mrs. Tidwell was the daughter of Senator Luke Lea and Percie Warner, and was a descendant of several prominent Nashville families, such as the Leas, Warners, Lindsleys, and McGavocks. Dr. and Mrs. Tidwell had three children, Percie Corene (b. 1950), Mary Louise Lea (b. 1952), and Oscar Cromwell Tidwell, III (b. 1955). Dr. Tidwell was very involved in numerous organizations, both locally and nationally. Local organizations of which Dr. Tidwell was a member included the Nashville Dental Society (president in 1955), the Kiwanis Club, the Chamber of Commerce, Hillwood Club, Belle Meade Country Club, Nashville Song Writers Association, the Tennessee Jazz and Blues Society, Historic Nashville, Inc., and the Tennessee Dental Association (vice president, 1960). Several national and international dentistry organizations, such as the American Dental Association, the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, the Royal Society of Health of London, Pierre Fauchard Academy (an international honor dental organization), and the Federation Dentaire Internationale, of which he was the national treasurer, claimed Dr. Tidwell as a member. Dr. Tidwell’s wide range of interests were further reflected by his membership in the Society of the Cincinnati, Order of Stars and Bars, National Historical Society, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, United Nations Club, East Tennessee Historical Society, Alpha Tau Omega, and Psi Omega. The Tidwell family were members of St. George Episcopal Church. Dr. Tidwell died December 1984.