G. Ernest Tidwell

Carol, I cannot believe that Ernie passed away. He was always such a wonderful guy and so kind to everyone he met and knew. It has been a long time since I have seen you. When you first met Ernie you and I were roomates on Lindberg Drive and flying with Eastern Airlines. Maybe one day we can get together. I know that if anyone is in heaven believe me Ernie is there with his kind heart sharing his love. Please come to see me I am now in Fairhope, Alabama. May God pour his Blessings over...

The Judge will always have a special place in my heart as the father of a dear friend, a role model to be respected and admired and above all as the person chosen to join my husband Richard and I in marriage.

He was truly one of the good guys and will be greatly missed. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Carol,
I was so saddened to hear of Judge Tidwell's passing. He was one of my father's favorite people. I can just imagine that the two of them are in some corner of heaven talking about the state of the universe at this very moment. The world was a better place because of men like them. Judge Tidwell leaves behind a legacy of integrity and service to which we should all aspire. Please know that I am keeping you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.

Ernie and I grew up on Pelham Rd in Morningside. He was three years older than I. When he was at O'Keefe Jr High, he delivered our Atlanta Journal, and we used to chat out on the sidewalk. As I recall, his Dad was also a lawyer but passed away at a rather young age. My Dad, also a lawyer, knew him and thought highly of him. After I finished Marist in 1952, I began that fall at Emory as an undergrad. Ernie was then in his second year of law school (back then one could go into law school after...

When Atlanta changed its public school system to co-ed in 1947, and Boys High became Grady High, Ernie Tidwell was one of the first "upperclassmen" that I met when I arrived that year from O'Keefe Junior High. He subsequently sponsored me for membership in his fraternity, and I have been both proud and honored to claim his friendship ever since. Different careers took us in different directions socially, but I still recall with pleasure my last contact during a weekend camped on the...