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Florence Marjorie Stewart, 92, of Deweyville, passed away Friday, May 22, at the Oakwood Manor Nursing Center in Vidor.

Born March 13, 1923 in Wichita Falls, to Avery Joshua and Florence Eunice (Jones) Fisher, she lived in Deweyville for 45 years and had previously lived in Houston. Mrs. Stewart worked as a frame stylist for Texas State Optical and she was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Deweyville. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and she loved the outdoors and working in her flower garden.

Mrs. Stewart is preceded in death by her parents; infant son, Bryan Kyndall Dillard; first husband, Cecil Henry Dillard; second husband, J. W. Stewart; brother, Billy Joe Fisher and sister, Floy Fisher.

Those who will most cherish her memory are her daughters, Sharron Smith and Buddy Smith of Deweyville and Elaine Hammons and husband, Jerome of Many, La; stepson, Jackie Stewart and wife, Tammy of Crossett, Ar; sister, Mary Holt of League City; brother, Hugh A. Fisher of Pittsboro, In; six grandchildren, Michelle Jones and husband, Chris of Deweyville, James Darrin Smith and wife Mandy of Willis, Scott French, Keith French and wife, Tina of Robeline, La, Susan Taylor and Justin Stewart, both of Crossett; 10 great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.

Mrs. Stewart is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and many friends from the First Baptist Church in Deweyville.

Services to remember and honor Mrs. Stewart's life will be at 2:00 PM Sunday, May 24, in the Chapel of Dorman Funeral Home in Orange, with the Rev. Damon Bickham, officiating. Rite of committal and interment will follow services, where she will be laid to rest next to her husband at the King Cemetery in Hartburg.

A gathering of Mrs. Stewart's family and friends will be from 5:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. Saturday at the funeral home.

Condolences may be expressed for the family at www.dormanfuneralhome.com.