Timothy Adrian Nidey

A Memorial Gathering for Timothy Adrian "Tim" Nidey, 71, of Shreveport, Louisiana will be Saturday, January 15, 2022 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Kilpatrick's Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2201 Airline Drive in Bossier City, Louisiana. Tim was born May 25, 1950 in Boulder, Colorado to Russell and Betty Lou Wallace Nidey and passed on Monday, January 3, 2022 in Bossier City, Louisiana. He is preceded in death by his parents, Russell and Betty Lou Nidey and father-in-law, Ezekiel Comans. Tim is survived by the love of his life for 35 years, Kathy Comans Nidey. He showed the truest, purest love every day of his life to her. He is also survived by one son, Jeremiah Nidey and partner, Janae Cox of Tucson, Arizona; daughters, Amy Hicks and partner, Corky Bridges of Benton, Louisiana and Jamie Hilton and husband, Jeremy of West Monroe, Louisiana; one sister, Diane Anderson and husband, Robert of Phoenix, Arizona; mother-in-law, Carolyn Comans, sisters-in-law, Dot Landry and Wanda Ricketts and husband Bill, all of Shreveport, Louisiana; brother-in-law, Jim Comans and wife, Beth Ann of Choudrant, Louisiana; numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends, and then his pride and joys, his seven grandchildren, Taylor Ennis, Hunter Hicks, Mason Hicks, Timothy Nidey, Harper Hilton, Harrison Hilton and Hollan Hilton. Tim spent his childhood into adulthood happily exploring the Arizona desert and volunteered as a teenager at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, where he developed a love for desert wildlife, especially snakes. As a young man, he studied and practiced several forms of self-defense arts and placed in some competitions. The practice of those physical arts never left him. He was a history buff and had a passion for the study of knife making and composition. As a Pro 2nd Amendment advocate, he loved his country and would share his vast knowledge and passion for American freedom, guns and knives to his family and friends. Tim worked for years in the oil refining industry. He later became an Industrial Electrician by trade and retired from Calumet Shreveport Refining Company. As Tim and Kathy would always say, they were incredibly blessed. Any person that knew him would describe him as a kind and honorable man. He was what we called a "Walking Encyclopedia", truly one of the most intelligent people known to us all and could enlighten anyone with his fun facts, stories and of course, puns. A man of substance and unique style, he was loved by all and will be greatly missed. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials may be made in Tim's honor to the NRA Foundation for teaching Freedom and Gun Safety, 11250 Waples Mill Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030, to Gun Owners of America, www.donate.gunowners.org or to a charity of your choice.