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Knoxville News Sentinel, August 8, 1992
Knox native who ran state park after his military career dies.
William "Bill" Cornwell, native Knoxvillian and superintendent of the Tims Ford State Park at Tullahoma, died Thursday at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville of an apparent heart attack. He was 63 and a retired Army lieutenant colonel.
Mr Cornwell graduated from Knoxville High School in 1947. He was quarterback of the school's football team.
He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in labor relations in 1952 and entered the Army.
Mr. Cornwell served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars and was awarded several medals for bravery, including the Legion of Merit for helicopter rescue misions in Vietman.
He also served as an aide with the Chinese Nationalist Army in Formosa and was in charge of establishing helicopter forces for the Shah of Iran.
Mr. Cornwell retired from the Army in 1973 and took a job with the Tennessee Department of Conservation as the superintendent of Pickwick State Park. He was later chosen to develop and oversee the state park.
Mr. Cornwell is survived by his wife, Jane Riddel of Tullahoma; mother, Blana Ruth Cornwell of Knoxville; sister Laverne Rubenstein of Orlando; sons, Gregory Scott Cornwell of Chicago and Lawrence Dean Cornwell of Murfreesboro; daughters, Sarah Gene Cornwell of Winchester, Mass., and Martha Ellen Cornwell of Tullahoma; and four grandchildren. [4]
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1928 - 1992 (63 years)
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