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Stanley Stewart, 1939 - 2016
Stanley was active in First Baptist Church Dorchester as a deacon and interim music director, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the Elderly and Disabled in Pottsboro, Texas.
Stanley is survived by his wife, Patricia Sims Stewart, a daughter, Kimberly and her husband Brian Dodson, their children Emily and Matthew Dodson, a son, Kenneth and his wife Aura Stewart, a brother Robert Stewart and his wife Shirley, two sisters, Emily Powell and her husband William, and Barbara Welch and her husband Robert, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends accumulated over his life time.
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Following a long illness, Stanley Rush Stewart, age 76, of Dorchester, Texas passed to his final reward just before midnight on January 31, 2016
Stanley was born July 2, 1939 in Southmayd, Texas. He attended Dorchester public schools, graduated from Sherman High School in 1957, and received his bachelor and masters degrees in Agricultural Science from East Texas State University
Stanley married Patricia Sims in 1962, farmed, worked for IBM until the Sherman plant closed, then started his own real estate brokerage and sold insurance under the Farmer’s Mutual Protective Association.
Howe Bulldogs release varsity football schedule
If there is any consolation to being the eighth smalled Class 3A, Division I school in Texas, it might be that Howe will have three home district games and only two games on the road But one of those games will be at longtime rival Van Alstyne. The other district road game will take place in Callisburg, where Howe has fared well over the years, going 4-1 The 'Dogs haven't played in Callisburg since a 43-40 win back in 2010.
This will be the Bulldogs' first ever match up with Bowie and Muenster.
Stanley is preceded in death by his parents, Rush Alton and Emma Stewart, a brother, James, a daughter Sherry, his father in law and mother in law, Henry and Kathleen Sims, and his brother in law, Donald Sims
The family will received visitors at the First Baptist Church Dorchester on Thursday night between 6:00 and 8:00 PM. Funeral services were performed at First Baptist Church Dorchester at 10:00 AM Friday. A graveside service followed Arrangements were under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home in Sherman, TX
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the First Baptist Church Dorchester or the American Diabetes Association.
The online register book may be signed at waldofuneralhome com
