Ernestine Stewart

Published 12:00 am Friday, November 7, 2008

GRACE — Ernestine Stewart died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, at River Region Medical Center. She was 70.

Mrs. Stewart was a resident of Grace.

She is survived by nine sons, Darryl Robinson, Michael Robinson and Timothy Robinson, all of Mayersville, Mark Stewart, Dewayne Stewart and Charles Stewart, all of Grace, Larry Stewart of Shaw, Walter Stewart of Anguilla and David Stewart of Cleveland, Ohio; six daughters, Lockeye Crawford and Shannell  Hughes, both of Mayersville, Torrie Stewart of Grace, Donna Fields of Vicksburg and Janice Bogan and Earnestine Jenkins, both of Greenville; three brothers, John Reed and Roosevelt Reed, both of Cleveland, and Bobby Reed of Houston, Texas; six sisters, Alice Washington, Irma Stewart, Ruth Reed and Earlean Reed, all of Greenville, Betty Owens of Cleveland and Dorothy Thomas of Houston; 49 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

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Services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at South Delta High School in Rolling Fork with the Rev. David Rawls officiating. Burial will follow at Bethlehem Cemetery in Grace. Visitation will be from 1 until 5 p.m. Saturday at Redmon Funeral Home in Greenville and Sunday at the school  from 10 a.m. until the service.