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Submitted: 2/11/13 • Approved: 2/12/13 • Last Updated: 2/15/13 • R830753-G830752-S3
James
April 15, 1907 - January 29, 1996
*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Wednesday, January 31, 1996
FAYETTEVILLE— James Wallace Tisdale, 88, of Fayetteville died Jan. 29, 1996, at his home. He was born April 15, 1907, at Goshen to Lewis Washington and Ella Lydia Byrd Tisdale. He was a farmer, a lifetime resident of the area and a deacon at Round Mountain Missionary Baptist Church. He was chairman of Round Mountain Cemetery Association for many years. He was preceded in death by, his wife, Opal Salsbury Tisdale, in 1992.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Roger C. (Bonnie Garroutte) Speck of Fayetteville; one granddaughter, Linnet Garroutte Tournear of Heber Springs; one great-granddaughter, Juliana Tournear of Heber Springs; one greatgrandson, Joseph Clarkson Tournear IV of Heber Springs.
Services will he at 11 a.m. Thursday at Nelson's Funeral Home of Fayetteville with the Rev. Lynville Eaton and Joseph Clarkson Tournear III officiating. Burial will be in Round Mountain Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. oday at the funeral home. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to Round Mountain Cemetery Fund, 753 S. Lake Sequoyah, Fayetteville, 72701.
Opal
January 28, 1911 - Septmber 18, 1992
Married October 23, 1928
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