Joseph Matthew Tidwell of Yatesville, a former resident of Bartow County, died Thursday evening after an illness of two weeks.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Shirley Evans, Mrs. Dorothy Maddox, and Mrs. Sybil Boyd, all of Yatesville; three sons, Edgar and Jack Tidwell, both of Yatesville, and Edward Tidwell, Cartersville; 16 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild; and a sister, Mrs. Dusky Vaughan, Fairmont.

Funeral was at 11 a.m. Saturday from Macedonia Baptist Church with Rev. Willie Howell officiating.  Burial was in the Old Macedonia Cemetery.

[NOTES: Husband of Tessie Jerusha Howell.  Son of John Tidwell and Susan Abernathy.]