Obituaries:  Richard H. Stewart, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       S-363
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 7, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Richard H. Stewart

  Services for Mr. Richard H. Stewart, 82, were held at 10 a.m.,
Friday, August 2, at the First Baptist Church of Mansfield.
Officiating was Dr. William Crosby. Burial followed at Highland
Cemetery, under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home of
Mansfield.

  Mr. Stewart died Tuesday, July 30, in Mansfield, after a lengthy
illness. He was born January 8, 1909, in DeSoto Parish, where he
taught school for several years. After serving in the U. S. Navy
in WWII. He was employed by the Internal Revenue Service in
Florida for 30 years. He returned to Mansfield, and opened his
own CPA office. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist
Church of Mansfield, where he taught a Sunday School Class. He
was active in the Mansfield Lions Club, the DeSoto Parish
Historical Society, the Heart Fund, and taught once a month at
Heritage Manor Nursing Home.

  He is survived by his wife, Martha Edge Stewart of Mansfield;
two brothers, Edison Stewart of Ruston, and James Stewart of
Converse; one sister, Mrs. Mattie Hazel Garner of Shreveport; one
brother-in-law, G. B. Edge and his wife Leta of Mansfield;
numerous nieces and nephews.

  Members of Mr. Stewart's Sunday School Class served as
pallbearers.