Obituaries:  Mr. James P. Stewart, Sabine Parish       S-363
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 24, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. James P. Stewart

  Mr. James P. Stewart, 92, of Ruston, died Tuesday, January 16,
2001, in Monroe, following a lengthy illness.

  Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 18, at
First Baptist Church in Ruston, with interment following at
Gardens of Memory Cemetery in Minden. Dr. David Leavell
officiated.

  Mr. Stewart was born on Nov. 29, 1908, in Bienville Parish, and
grew up in Sibley.

  He was a graduate of Sibley High School, and Meadow Draughn
Business School in Shreveport. He was employed as manager of
Sabine Gas Company in Many, from 1934 to 1961. From 1961 until
his retirement, he was employed by W. F. Pearce Insurance Agency
in Ruston. James was a member of the First Baptist Church of
Ruston, where he served as a deacon, and was a member of the
Adult 9 Sunday School class. He was also Chairman of the Deacons
of the First Baptist Church of Many.

  Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Mrs. Martha Felts
Stewart of Ruston; daughters and husbands, Ann and Ralph McMickle
of Monroe, Candy and M. B. Nolen of Sicily Island; sister, Zillah
Burson of Minden; grandchildren, Lindy and Doug Peterson of The
Woodlands, Texas, Stewart and Laura McMickle of Doha, Qutar,
Scott and Lara McMickle of Atlanta, Ga., Heather and Mark Clark
of Houston, Texas, Missy and Barry Jones of Knoxville, Tenn.,
Jessica Ann Nolen of Sicily Island; and 11 great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Jacob Pearce, G. W. James Jr., Reggie Haenchey,
Bill Best, Billy Leachman, and Skip Russell.

  Memorial may be made to the First Baptist Church of Ruston, or
the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home.

  Kilpatrick Funeral Home, Ruston, La.