MATTHEW WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 12, 1986 IN GALVESTON, TEXAS TO BARBARA ANN SOILEAU AND AL MARK ETHEREDGE. HE HAD 2 SISTERS, RACHEL WINFREE AND SARA BLOOMER AS WELL AS A BROTHER EDWARD BERNAL AND STEP BROTHER CHRIS LOPEZ. MATTHEW CHERISHED HIS NEPHEWS AND NEICES;  JESSE TYLER, NATALIE, NOAH AND MIKAYLA, AND THE UNBORN CHILD HE DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO KNOW.   MATTHEW WAS MARRIED TO AMANDA CARIERRE FOR 3 YEARS.  HE WAS SO PROUD OF BEING CAPTAIN 2 FOR THE WEST ORANGE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SWITCHMAN FOR TRANS GLOBAL RAILWAYS/ECONO RAIL.  MATTHEW LOVED HIS MEMAW AND PAPAW, CHARLES AND BARBARA SOILEAU OF WOODVILLE, TEXAS.  MATTHEW CHOSE A WONDERFUL PROFESSION AS FIRE FIGHTER:  AS A CHILD OF 5 HE SET FIRE TO MY BEDROOM AND JUMPED EVERY CHANCE HE GOT TO BURN TRASH AT THE FARM.  MATTHEW WAS MY DAREDEVIL, MY JOKESTER, MY CLOWN!! BUT MOST OF ALL HE MADE HIS MOTHER PROUD!!!  THIS IS MY TRIBUTE TO MY ANGEL:  MATTHEW