Judy Barbara Tidwell, age 79 passed away on February 27, 2026.
Judy was born to the late Loyd Emerson and Mattie Lou Ellen Penland on October 10, 1946. She was the Office Manager at Advanced Electronics. She loved music, drawing & painting, family, loved watching fireworks, Elvis and was an excellent cook. Judy was an avid gardener and loved flowers. Some of her favorites were (as she called them) the Mulberry Tree, Fairy Tree. She collected animal figurines and would attach them to her magic Fairy Tree.
Judy was preceded in death by her parents Loyd and Mattie Penland; brother, Emerson Penland; sisters, Wanda Williamson, Jeanette Myers, Dinah Sue Penland.
She is survived by her life partner, Clinton Newell; daughters, Cindy McRae, Rhonda Ballew (Jamie), brothers, Tex Penland, Horace Penland; sisters, Mae Fielding, Joan Bennett, Martha Fowler; grandchildren, Travis Herbermann, Shanda Stephens, Christopher Willard (Elizabeth), Shannon Vaughn (William); great-grandchildren, Taylor Herbermann, Josh Glover, Ali Willard, Enory Willard, Madalynn Vaughn, Olivia Willard, Izabella Vaughn, Kia Willard, Mavrick Willard, Mason Willard, and a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.