My husband's Aunt. She was born in Bridgeport. ~nancy rogers ..................................................... Oleta LaVerne (Souther) Tidwell February 12, 2004 Oleta LaVerne (Souther) Tidwell, 83, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, in Wichita Falls. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13, 2004 in the Chapel of Hampton Vaughan Crestview. Interment will follow at Crestview Memorial Park. LaVerne was born Aug. 23, 1920, in Bridgeport to the late Alvin Dorsey and Vera (Coffman) Souther. On Aug. 23, 1961, she married Joe Dean Tidwell in Henrietta. She was a lifelong resident of Wichita Falls, and was a member of Grant Street Methodist Church for over 50 years. She is preceded in death by her husband, Joe Dean Tidwell in 1999; and two brothers. Survivors include her son, Bobby Steward and wife, Ann, of Canyon, Texas; daughter, Jean Ann Steward of Justin, Texas; sister, Geneva Rogers of Azle, Texas; four grandchildren, Michelle Duncan and husband, Eddie, of Denison, Melissa Elders of Lawrence, Kan., Kris Bouder and husband, Gus, of Justin, Texas, and Joseph Rogers of Houston; and seven great grandchildren.