Gerald Tidwell Obituary: Gerald Tidwell, the head at Warren County Middle School and a TSSAA official, passed on Saturday subsequent to imploding during a locale competition ball game. He was 54.

“This is totally obliterating. These occasions remind us how valuable life is and how immaterial these games we play are in the large plan of things,” TSSAA chief Bernard Childress said in an instant message. “Our hearts and supplications go out to his family. May God Bless and keep them during this troublesome time.”

Tidwell filled in as the head at Warren County Middle School since 2010, beside being an umpire.

“Mr. Tidwell consumed his time on earth serving Warren County Schools and its understudies,” Warren County Director of Schools Grant Swallows said in a proclamation. “He was completing his tenth year as the head of the center school. His affection for that school and the staff was obvious.”

The fourth inning had quite recently finished in a District 8-AAA competition ball game among Shelbyville and Coffee County. As David Martin, Coffee County’s mentor, strolled back to the burrow, he caught somebody say, “Get the coaches.” When Martin pivoted, he saw Tidwell face down on the grass in the middle of home plate and a respectable starting point.

A coach and off the clock paramedic started doing mouth to mouth on Tidwell. Another coach proceeded to snatch an AED. A rescue vehicle showed up and moved Tidwell to a neighborhood emergency clinic. It’s muddled when Tidwell kicked the bucket.