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October 1, 1922 –  April 6, 2016  Funeral services for Theda Ophelia Kidwell, 93, will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, April 9, 2016 at First Baptist Church of Gordonville, Texas, officiated by Rev. Rick Carney assisted by Keith Hough. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Denison. There will not be a scheduled visitation. Services are under the direction of Meador Funeral Home of Whitesboro, Texas.
Mrs. Kidwell passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at WNJ in Sherman, with her family by her side.

Theda was born on October 1, 1922 in Mansfield, Arkansas to Walter William and Elsa Thelma (Clayborn) Hall. She married Joseph Earl Kidwell on April 25, 1943 in Poteau, Oklahoma. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gordonville since 1989. Theda started working for Texas Instruments in 1959 and retired in 1971. She loved to cook for her family, and was on the kitchen committee and cooked for the church and funerals. Theda enjoyed working with the church Bible study group.

She is survived by a daughter, Betty Tidwell and husband, Bowden of Whitesboro; a sister, Lavada Hall of Whitesboro; nephew, Keith Hall of Whitesboro; granddaughter, Elizabeth Tidwell of Whitesboro and great-grandson, Nathan Whiting of Whitesboro.

Theda was proceeded in death by her parents, Walter and Elsa Hall; husband, Joseph Kidwell and a sister, Aleta Hall.

Pallbearers are; Keith Hughes, Brandon Hughes, Steve Ayers, Jim Wood, Chuck Slaten and Chad Rigsby.

Honorary pallbearers are; Noble McElreath, Leroy Morris, Jerald Lee and Ron Blackwell.

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