TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for STEWART, JAMES   

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from April 2 to April 3, 2013

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STEWART, JAMES 

James Stewart, 65, passed away Monday, April 1, 2013, at his residence in 
Hazlehurst, Miss.

Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Stringer Family Funeral Home in 
Hazlehurst, Miss. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. John 
Catholic Church, 

with burial on the family property.

He is survived by his wife, Diana McCool Stewart; son, James Earlton Stewart of 
Hazlehurst, Miss.; daughter, Lesa Dawn Stewart Soileau of Houma; brothers, Roy 
Stewart of Pensacola, Fla., Walter Stewart of Hazlehurst, Miss., and Charlie 
Stewart of Atlanta, Ga.; sister, Amanda Stewart of Atlanta, Ga.; and 
grandchildren, Hunter Stewart, Madeleine Soileau, Jacques Soileau, Logan 
Stewart, and Layla Stewart.

Mr. Stewart was a native of Cleveland, Miss., where he grew up and finished 
high school. He attended Mississippi Delta Jr. College before joining the Navy, 
where he served for four years. He worked at a funeral home for several years. 
Afterwards he was self-employed in pipeline installation and maintenance and 
other construction for the rest of his career.
Mr. Stewart had lived in Hazlehurst, Miss., and operated his business there 
since 2003. He was always generous to people in need and was an avid hunter and 
fisherman.

Stringer Family Funeral Home in Hazlehurst, Miss., is in charge of arrangements.

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