A funeral service for Mary Jewel Stewart, 96, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 16, 2021, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home in Marshall, Texas. A time for visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Interment will follow at Algoma South Cemetery.

She was born on January 22, 1925, to Henry Flowers and Bonnie Stanley in Maud, Texas and passed away on December 11, 2021, in Marshall, Texas

She worked as a telephone operator and grocery store clerk for many years. She worked for Abbie Page, Magic Mart and Killion Pharmacy. She loved flowers, working in the yard and loved to go dancing. She was a Baptist. She loved her fur babies but most of all she was an amazing mother and grandmother.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Granville Lee "Buck" Stewart and former spouse, Carl Edward "Ed" Perkins; daughter and son in law, Suzanne Aulds and husband, Billy; daughters in law, Barbara Stewart and Deborah Stewart and two brothers, Burton and Joseph Flowers.

She is survived by her three sons, Don Stewart of Longview, Greg Stewart and wife, Rita of Marshall and Phil Stewart and wife, Stormy of Marshall; sister, Ann Harless of Karnack; grandchildren, Casey Latham and wife, Rema, Andrea Aulds, John Aulds and wife, Jennifer, Colton Stewart, Katelyn Abbott, Kasey Russell and husband, John, Dale Stewart and Kimberly Desalvo and husband, Scott and a number of great grandchildren and great great grandchildren as well as many other family and friends.

The family would like to thank the staff and caregivers at Marshall Manor Nursing Home for the love and care they provided.