Background
Tidwell, Thomas Tate was born on January 5, 1923 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Hearn Williford and Allie Lee (Tate) Tidwell.
Tidwell, Thomas Tate was born on January 5, 1923 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Hearn Williford and Allie Lee (Tate) Tidwell.
Bachelor, Southwestern at Memphis, 1947.
District manager Procter & Gamble, Richmond, Virginia, 1951—1962. President Triple T. Company, Atlanta, 1962—1968. Operations manager Chiclecraft, Knoxville, 1968—1971.
President, chairman board City Lumber Company, from 1971. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO.
President board directors Metropolitan Young Men’s Christian Association, Great Smoky Mountain council Boy Scouts American. Member Architectural Woodwork Institute (director 1974-1980, chapter president 1973. Chairman national headquarters building committee, member executive committee, chairman national convention planning committee 1977), Southern Woodwork Association (president), Kappa Alpha Order (Court of Honor), Sigma Phi Omega, City Club, Le Conte Club, Concord Yacht Club, Rotary Club (president 1967, district governor, representative to Australia 1974, president Knoxville 1981-1982, district governor 1983-1984, Paul Harris fellow).
Married Valerie Lynch, March 30, 1967. Children: Clyde Tidwell Austin, Thomas Tate, Christopher, Daniel, Catherine Frye.