Birth date: Jul 18, 1963 Death date: Dec 31, 2021
Patricia Ann Tidwell, 58, of Portland, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021 at her home. Born July 18, 1963, in Nashville, she was the daughter of the late William R. Harrington, Sr. and Helen Louise York Harrington Read Obituary
The first time we met Trish & Joe, was while we were in the process of moving to our new house behind & kitty-corner to their house a little over 7 years ago. We were mowing our lawn with our son's push mower on a very hot day. Trish happened to be watching, and noticed Jerry struggling to mow, and worried he might fall over. She told Joe to get on his mower and drive over to help. Afterwards, we ran and got a 6 pack of Coors beer and met Joe & Trish on their back porch and enjoyed the beer and conversation. Thus, started a new friendship!
We got together many, many times to enjoy wine and snacks, and eventually added in cards and board games. We even mowed a path and placed a couple solar lights in the empty lot next to Joe & Trisha's house so we could find our way home! Eventually, someone built a house on that lot, so our path was gone, but so was Joe & Trish who moved to Florida.
When they moved to FL, all of us missed each other and our games & wine nights. But we continued them when visiting. They showed us around FL where they lived. Our very first cruise for Jerry & I to the Bahamas, Trish and Joe joined us and showed us how it's done for 3 days, 2 nights. They also took us for a couple day trip to Key West, which was also a first for us. We loved our stays with the Tidwells in FL, but we were very happy when they moved back to our neighborhood, just up the street from us, and continued on with our wine and game nights!
Trish and Joe introduced us to their kids, grandkids and other family members. They invited us to many of their family get-togethers and always treated us as family!
We tried to help Trish & Joe as much as we could for anything they needed, and they have done the same for us. Unfortunately, when Jerry had his knee replacement surgery, we weren't able to help as much. We'd like to say thank you to all who stepped up to help when we couldn't.
We've lost a very, close, loving and dear friend. Trish, we miss you dearly and you cross our minds daily, and you will never be forgotten! Enjoy your pain free life, especially with your mom & dad. We will see you on the other side when the Lord calls for us some day. Love you always!
Maw & Paw (Linda & Jerry)
Trish, in our early years you and I used to laugh so much when we would go somewhere together, someone would always ask if we were twin sisters! We'd stop, look at each other, and then determine whether we should tell them the truth - that you were my Step-Mom and not my twin sister! Sometimes we'd just let them assume we were twins, other times we'd tell them the truth and they'd ALWAYS look at us so strangely and try to figure it out and that just always cracked us up, didn't it? We'd walk away just laughing!!
Tonight, I'm praising God for your life and the "golden moment" set by Him in the Hobby Lobby parking lot on May 20, 2005 as we sat talking in the car. It was there, just you and me, where God elevated you from being my "twin sister" to being my new Sister in Christ!! That moment has always been one of the greatest moments of my life when you asked me to help you ask Jesus into your heart!
Watching you slowly leave our world over the last 9 months has been so hard. Yet watching YOU tackle this life-altering monumental problem with such courage and grace and dignity and gratefulness to those around you with your constant big, beautiful smile and gentle spirit till the very end is what I will always remember and cherish about you more than anything else! You taught me something I needed to learn.
You alone with Jesus as your Anchor in this storm, your trusted Master Physician, your Heavenly Father, the One you chose to run to with all your hopes and prayers...in my eyes He so lovingly helped you transform day by day over these last 9 months into the most beautiful person God created you to be! Your smile in spite of your pain and worry could not be more heaven-sent. It caught all of us off guard so many times. How in the world could you smile at a time like this...except God!
Your faith has been made evident! You have shed your earthly garments, you have been transformed completely and I can only imagine you now walking down the streets of Heaven, arm in arm with your sweet Momma and Daddy, in your favorite pair of flip flops with your neon pink pedicure, having the time of your life! And for that I can smile too!
Until we meet again...please help us keep an eye on Daddy!
I love you!
Debbie (and George, Georgie, and Connor)
Boy did my Daddy love this girl and she loved him! They couldn’t pass each other without a sweet “I love you honey” or their own sarcastic humor. Together they loved on family, traveled to beaches and could always find a Jimmy Buffet song or hideaway! They shared many sunsets at Square Grouper as well as Guanabanas while watching the boys paddle boarding. The one thing she, Connie and I shared was the love of becoming grandmothers. She was MiMi and I was MeMe! How she loves those babies and loved loving on them! Trish, I’m grateful God used me and my out of date nursing skills to care for you alongside Kristy. It’s an honor to care for someone you love and it can be hard. You never wavered with your smile and your “sassy looks” when we would suggest something! You left us peacefully and are celebrating with so many loved ones. Till we meet again, thank you for loving our Daddy and us!
Duck came into my life at only 6 years old. She was my neighbor on w Sharpe. She was my very first childhood friend. She taught me way too much at a young age than I probably should have known, about boys. I had my first sleep overs at her house. Her parents always welcomed me to their family dinners and Friday night trips to Woolworths and Kmart. I thought she had the perfect childhood. I loved her family. She was more like a big sister I never had . She would buy her weekly records and we would listen to them all night and sing and she loved dancing to her music. Fast forward when she married and had babies when I was still in high school I would spend weekends and summers at her house. She was a great wife and mother to her kids at a very young age. Fast forward another 10 years, we loved going to Wave Pool on weekends, just us girls. She loved fun in the sun. She always had a beautiful golden tan and always glowed all summer. I was so jealous of her tan. We drifted apart several years but always connected every so often to catch up on each other’s like. We went through divorces together and leaned on each other. I could go on and on. She was my one in a million friend. I will cherish my memories forever and wish we had 50 more years of memories to make together. But she is with Jesus and her precious parents now and no more pain. Rest easy friend ❤️❤️
