Leeida Stephens, 79, of Dimmitt passed away Saturday, September 17, 2011 in Shallowater. Graveside Services will be Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Dimmitt with Bobby Campbell officiating. Family visitation will be Wednesday evening from 5-7PM at the funeral home. Arrangements are being handled by Colonial Funeral Home of Dimmitt. Mrs. Stephens was born July 2, 1932 in Pampa. She graduated from Mobeetie High School in 1950, where she was editor of the yearbook and a champion speller. She began her career as a telephone operator at the Southwestern Bell office in Pampa. She transferred to Mountain Bell in Coolidge, AZ, in 1953. She married CT Brooks in 1954 in Coolidge. She married Albert Stephens in 1965 in Coolidge and moved shortly afterwards to Dimmitt. She worked as a phone operator in Dimmitt for many years, retiring in 1986. She was a kind, caring babysitter and worked in the nursery at First Baptist Church for many years. Her hobbies included reading and genealogy. She was a loving mother and grandma who was adored by her children, her grandchildren and her friends. She is survived by her daughter, Patty Chester of Shallowater; three sons, John Brooks of Bellevue, WA., David Stephens of Dimmitt and Randy Stephens of Shallowater; two sisters, Tommye Ware of Sun City West, AZ, and Hazel Jay of Bigfork, MT; a brother, Bob White of Hood River, OR; three grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; two step-great-granddaughters;one step great-grandson, two aunts, Bea Herring of Abilene and Mary Jane Pfeffer of Eugene, OR; and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews, loved ones and special friends, especially Erma Vasquez of Hart. She is preceded in death by her first husband, CT Brooks, in 1963; her second husband, Albert Stephens, in 1992; her mother, Myril White, in 1998; and a brother, Jack White, in 2009. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to be to a favorite charity in her name. Pallbearers will be Jerry Thomas, Jimmy Thomas, Jackie Thomas, Mike Odom, Roger Malone, Milton Bagwell, Jack Howell and CD Fitzgerald