Man Dies After Falling off a Bluff on his Farm

A 60 year old man died Thursday afternoon after he fell some twenty feet off a bluff at his farm on the Johnson Town Road/Ferrell Road near the Cannon County line.
Dead is Myron Dale Tidwell
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, Tidwell and a woman were marking boundary lines on the farm, when Tidwell slipped off a steep bluff, falling some twenty feet. He landed in a creek bed, suffering a head injury.
Central dispatch received the call at 12:58 p.m.
Members of the Sheriff’s Departments, EMS, and Rescue Squads from both DeKalb and Cannon County responded along with first responders and DeKalb Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Coordinator Charlie Parker. An Air Evac ambulance landed at the Short Mountain Elementary School and staff aboard the helicopter came to the scene to assist. EMS and rescue workers placed Tidwell in a stokes basket and used ropes to help them climb back up the steep terrain with Tidwell to the top of the hill.
Tidwell was taken by ground ambulance to DeKalb Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A resident of Chattanooga, Tidwell reportedly had only recently purchased the farm.