- Mrs. Stewart was a native of Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, and lived in the Weston Community of Jackson Parish most of her life. Mattie Mae was a very industrious lady who retired from the lab at the Hodge paper mill in 1990. She was a hard worker who tirelessly looked after her family with love and encouragement. Her hobbies included crocheting for family and friends, playing cards, holding garage sales and going to garage sales, selling her peas and sweet potatoes, visiting with her friends on the telephone, and working on her Prayer Quilt Ministries. She loved her church, Springhill Baptist, and her church family. She had a very unique gift of making everyone feel special. Mattie Mae is survived by seven children: Rev. Jesse Henderson & Dianna, Dianne Self & John Dell, Bill Stewart & Linda, Debbie Hinman & Gary, Cheryl Mosley & Roy, Pam Mosley & Garry, and Leamon "Peanut" Stewart & Regina; 18 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren: a brother, Leamon Clements. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Wesley Stewart; an infant son; and parents, Jessie "Bud" and Mattie Clements.
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1925 - 2020 (95 years)
