Obituaries: Bertha Peppers Stewart, 1955, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 17, 1955 Winn Parish Enterprise 

Last Rites For Mrs. Joe Stewart Of Dodson Mar. 15

Funeral services for Mrs. Joe A. Stewart, 76, of Dodson, who died early Monday
in a Winnfield hospital, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 1955, at the
New Hope Methodist Church, with the Rev. Virgil Taylor officiating.  He was
assisted by Rev. Buchanan and Rev. Phillips.

Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery under direction of Edmonds Funeral Home.
Acting as pallbearers were J. L. Mathews, Woodson Goolsby, Enos Murphy, Billie
Johnson, Fred Roark, and Carthal Payne.

The deceased, a native of Winn Parish, was the former Miss Bertha Peppers. 
She is survived by two sons, Preston and Ellis Stewart of Dodson; three
daughters, Mrs. P. M. Brewer, Dodson, Mrs. Henry King, West Monroe, and Mrs.
Bill Evans, Atlanta; one brother, two sisters, 13 grandchildren, and two great
grandchildren.