David Lattimer Bidwell

I MET DAVID THROUGH MY HUSBAND BILL KING. FROM THAT FIRST MOMENT, WE WERE OFF TO THE RACES, HOURS OF CONVERSATION~ A PLETHORA OF TOPICS FOR SURE, BUT ALWAYS RETURNED TO THE "1".
(AKA~WHERE A SONG BEGINS).
SO MANY AMAZING TALES WERE TOLD OF THE ESCAPADES DAVID HAD WITH MY BILL, HIS MUSIC PALS IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND MANY FAMOUS NAMES HE HOSTED FOR MUSICAL CHARITY EVENTS IN INDIANA W HIS BEAUTIFUL GRACIOUS MOM, F.E.
THE MAIN THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND WHEN I THINK OF DAVE IS THAT HE WAS THE FINEST PERSON I KNEW; KIND, CHARITABLE, AMIABLE ARE JUST A FEW DESCRIPTIVES. JUST LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT GROUPS HE BELONGED TO, VOLUNTEERED FOR. SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I'D SAY THAT GOD PUT A GREAT BLESSING ON A PATH IN MY LIFE. WHEN I MET DAVID, AND FOR THE NEXT
45 YRS OF KNOWING HIM, HE WOULD BESTOW HIS GENEROSITY ON BILL AND MYSELF, WE SHARED TIME TOGETHER THROUGH TRAVELLING TO MUSIC EVENTS WHILE EXPERIENCING WILD ADVENTURES. WE HAD SOME OF THE BEST AND MOST MEMORABLE TIMES OF OUR LIVES BECAUSE OF DAVID. I KEPT HAVING TO PINCH MYSELF!(SO THIS IS HOW THE FUN PEOPLE LIVE....? TO QUOTE A LINE FROM OLIVER, "I'D LIKE ANOTHER~"TRIP"~ PLEASE SIR?"
I'LL SURELY MISS D.L.'S SOULFUL BLUES AND BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO!
GOD INDEED BROKE THE MOLD WHEN HE MADE YOU. D.L.!
I GUESS HE NEEDED A BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO MAN.
WELL, HE TOOK YOU FROM US WAY TOO SOON AND I MISS YOU TERRIBLY!
I PRAY YOU ARE WITH PREVIOUSLY DEPARTED LOVED ONES, AND YOUR TWO DOGS. WATCH OVER PATTY, KI~KI, JEFF AND ALL YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY.
I HOPE WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN SOMEDAY, BUT FOR NOW I TAKE THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM WATCHING YOUR BEAUTIFUL SOUL AND CHARACTER. I KNOW IT LIVES ON THROUGH KI KI AND JEFF.

THANKS AGAIN FOR EXTENDING YOUR FRIENDSHIP TO ME, THROUGH YOUR BUDDY, "COWBOY BILL",......WITHOUT BILL, I WOULD HAVE NEVER MET YOU. FORTUNE SHINED ON ME NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE~ I GAINED MY HUSBAND AND A NEW FRIEND!
THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF A MOST CHERISHED FRIENDSHIP THAT HAS MEANT MORE TO ME THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW.
BECAUSE OF YOU, I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER.

Prayers for his family! I was a member of DMHS 65!

WITHOUT A DOUBT IN MY MIND, DAVE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.HE WILL ALWAYS BE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT FRIENDSHIP MEANS. HIS KINDNESS AND COMPASSION REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART,AND HONESTLY, I FEEL LOST WITHOUT HIM !..
WHEN GOD CALLS ME BACK HOME, I KNOW HE WILL BE LOOKING FOR ME, AND I FOR HIM.
LOVE YOU BROTHER !!
COWBOY BILL