Susie Stewart

Published 3:18 pm Friday, November 19, 2010

ATMORE – Susie Ann Allen Stewart, a native of Gateswood and longtime resident of Atmore, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 at Atmore Nursing Center at the age of 99.

As a young wife and mother of four, she was busy as a homemaker for several years. In later years, she became a successful salesperson and Licensed Practical Nurse. Her husband pastored several Pentecostal Holiness churches for more than 45 years. Her memory will be cherished by her family, former parishioners and her many friends.

Her parents, John and Sarah Yarbrough Allen; her husband, the Rev. John Wesley Stewart; son, Curtis who died in childhood, all seven of her siblings and their spouses; son-in-law, John Boatwright (Aug. 14, 2010) and her youngest son, Robert A. “Billy” Stewart (Oct. 10, 2010), preceded her in death.

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Survivors include, a son, Leon Stewart and wife, Donna, of Atmore; daughter, Nell S. Boatwright, of Birmingham; daughter-in-law, Pearl Stewart of Franklinton, LA; eight grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. today, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010 from the Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. David Stephens officiating. Interment will follow in Dry Springs Cemetery in Enon, Fla.

Family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time today, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010 at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of all arrangements.