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It was updated on July 2. CARTHAGE, Texas One way or another, Bernie Tiede, has been dealing with death and darkness since he was 3 years old."My daddy and my mother … they had a car accident, and my mother was riding in the passenger's side of the car and daddy never forgave himself for that, he never forgave himself for that," Tiede tearfully told "4. Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant. Bernie Tiede as a boy.

His mother dead, his father started drinking hard and died when Tiede was just 1. So a lot of death had occurred in our family," he said. Things only got worse for Tiede, who grew up in East Texas. He claims he was molested by his own uncle, Elmer Doucet."Twelve when my Uncle began molesting me," said Tiede. Doucet has always denied Tiede's allegations."Did it darken your world in some way?" Van Sant asked."Yes, it did," Tiede replied. Bernie Tiede learned firsthand that the wounded, lonely, and those the dead leave behind, need comforting. Carlton Shamburger is the owner of Hawthorn Funeral Home, where Tiede worked for nine years."He was very successful here at Hawthorn's and as a funeral director overall," said Shamburger."He could do everything?" Van Sant asked."He could.

He was talented. He could do everything from makeup, hair. He could sing he could preach. It would just be part of what inspired director Richard Linklater and actor Jack Black to collaborate on the darkly comic movie, "Bernie.""He was on a lot of people's lists to literally sing them to heaven," said Linklater."He knew how to take care of families," said Shamburger."He could connect that quickly," Van Sant commented. He could connect, yeah, exactly," Shamburger agreed.

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So it wasn't long after 2. Bernie Tiede arrived in Carthage back in 1. From the dusty dirt roads where Jack Paine and Ira Bounds live…    "One of his excellent qualities was he was a gourmet cook," said Paine."I think that he was well thought of amongst the little old ladies in town," added Bounds.…. Comer's Bar- B- Q … "He taught our Sunday School. He preached a funeral for us," a customer said. Season 3 Episode 1 The Sopranos. Even down at the court house, where local legend District Attorney Danny Buck Davidson ruled back then and still rules today … everyone sensed something good had come to town."You think, 'Gee, I'm glad this guy came here. He's an asset to the community.' Everybody loved Bernie," said Davidson."Well, I enjoyed singin' in the choir.

And then I got active in the school here … in the drama department," Tiede said. I was acting in the plays.""And you were often times the star?" Van Sant asked. Often times, yes," said Tiede."Did you feel loved in this community?""Very much so. I felt very much loved," said Tiede. Locals Lisa and Susie Cockrell sum it up simply."He was a God to this town," said Susie Cockrell."Almost, people really saw him like that," added Lisa Cockrell."He's got a warmth. Got a magnetism," said Black."He's just a super generous sensitive guy, and is everybody's best friend and just very helpful," said Linklater.

Bernie Tiede. Bernie Tiede always had that human touch. He knew just what to say to bring a smile to anyone who needed it.

So when a grieving, vulnerable widow came to the Hawthorn Funeral Home, Tiede saw an opportunity to do what he did best. In 1. 99. 0, the town's leading banker and oilman, Rod Nugent, hard- nosed, tough, but fair businessman … dies," said Skip Hollandsworth, who covered the case for Texas Monthly magazine. And Bernie is in charge of his funeral.""I embalmed his body and got him ready for the funeral," Tiede explained. And Mrs. Nugent arrives," said Hollandsworth."I met with her about the arrangements," said Tiede. Marjorie Nugent. Marjorie Nugent would one day be portrayed by Oscar- winning actress Shirley Mac. Laine.                       "I saw her to the gravesite.

We had the funeral service there. And then I took her back to the car," said Tiede."Are you thinking to yourself, 'Well, we've parted ways, we did some business and never shall meet again'?" Van Sant asked."Well, no, 'cause that's not how I conduct funerals," Tiede explained. As I often do with the widows, widowers, check on 'em. Go by the house. Make sure they're alright."Asked if they appreciated him dropping by, Tiede told Van Sant, "Oh very much so." "Well Marjorie wasn't a huggy- type person," said Ruth Cockrell, who would come to know as much as anyone in Carthage about the friendship of Bernie and Marjorie."Well, we were first cousins," she told Van Sant."Were you guys close?""We got pretty close," Ruth Cockrell replied"Could Marjorie be difficult?" Van Sant asked."I think any of us can be difficult. I'm mean as an old settin' hen sometimes," she laughed. In small towns anywhere, your reputation is not often defined by who you are, it's by what people think of you," Hollandsworth explained, "and so the reputation did get around town that Mrs.

Nugent could be cantankerous.""Could Marjorie be mean?" Van Sant asked Davidson."Yes sir, she could," he said. And another thing, newly widowed 7. Marjorie Nugent was loaded with cash – as much as $6 million."She would kinda be called a blue blood," said Davidson. Bernie Tiede wasn't about to be turned away."I felt sorry for Marjorie, I really did," he said. Marjorie Nugent and Bernie Tiede.

And soon, Nugent and Tiede were seen on the scene - - the odd couple of Carthage."We'd go to the Cherokee Club, we would go to the Jalapeno Tree here in Carthage," Tiede recalled."Yeah, they were a pair," said Black. And it wasn't long before Nugent wanted more than a part- time dinner date - - and Tiede complied."She asked me to leave the funeral home," Tiede told Van Sant. She just wanted more and more and more of me around."She actually hired Tiede and paid him a salary."There's this notion out there that you were attracted to Marjorie's money," Van Sant noted."Yes, I'm aware of that.

That was not part of the deal. That was not part of my wanting to be around Marjorie," said Tiede. There's members of Marjorie's family that tell a different story," said Black. Just two hours up the road in Dallas, three proud granddaughters have a very different take on just why Bernie Tiede was befriending Marjorie Nugent."Bernie Tiede is what?" Van Sant asked the women."A thief," said Shanna Nugent."Everything that has been said about her is not her," said Alexandria Nugent."He saw her as a mark," she continued.

He stole her money … when he was about to be found out, he shot her and killed her.""That is the real story," Van Sant queried."That is the real story," Alexandria Nugent affirmed. THE ODD COUPLE OF CARTHAGE"Is this case about money?" Van Sant asked D. A. Danny Buck Davidson."Yes it is," he replied. Asked how so, Davidson replied, "I think that defines everything."The majestic gates swung open to a kingdom of riches, and Bernie Tiede rolled right in."I think the fatal mistake my grandmother made is she ended up buying a $3. Bernie Tiede, and from that moment he marked her," said Shanna Nugent. Within months of meeting at her husband's funeral, Tiede was full time at Marjorie Nugent's eye- popping home."Helping her with anything that she needed help with," he told Van Sant.

Make her coffee. Make sure she was up. She was alright." "He was there. He was there for her," said Black."They loved each other?" Van Sant asked Linklater."Yeah. Bernie loves everybody.

And I think he's the one person in the world in that era … who could feel that for Marg, when no one else could," he replied."I never thought of them as lovey- dovey's. Never. Just together, just friends," said Ruth Cockrell."I never saw 'em kiss," said Davidson. And the D. A. probably never would, because there was something about Bernie that made folks wonder back then."I'm a gay man. And it's hard to be a gay man and being out in a small town," said Tiede."Did Marjorie know you were gay?" Van Sant asked.