Wayman Tisdale: Family appreciates support from nation

 
BY BILL HAISTEN - Tulsa World
Published: May 18, 2009

TULSA -- During a Monday press conference at the Friendship Baptist Church , family members spoke publicly for the first time since the death of Wayman Tisdale .

"I’m his brother and I may be slightly biased, but I say that the nation has lost a great man," said Weldon Tisdale , pastor of the Friendship church.

On Friday, Wayman Tisdale died of complications related to bone cancer.

The 44-year-old Tisd...


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