Sarah A. Kent

Sarah Alice Kent, born November 23, 1926 the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. William Drue Kent, was buried at the family plot at Rose Hill Cemetery, December 20, 2002. She passed away on December 15, 2002 after a long battle with Cancer. She was formerly married twice to the late Warren F. Tidwell and leaves two sons, Warren Drue Tidwell of Tuscola, IL and Christopher Brett Tidwell of Ballwin, MO. She had resumed her maiden name in 1980, six years before she retired from teaching elementary school in Elgin, Illinois where she did her final 25 years of teaching. She had retired to Hawaii for ten years before moving to the St. Louis area in June of 1996. In addition to her two sons, she is survived by two sisters, Bonnie Crawford of Evansville, IN and Patty Tanner of Gold Canyon, AZ, brother in law Jack Tanner, a sister in law, Edwina Kent of Marion, one grandson, one granddaughter, one great grandson, and many nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her late brother, John Kent of Marion. She stayed in touch with the Tidwell family members and her many friends in Marion, Elgin, Illinois, Hawaii and St. Louis.