Mrs. Mildred Elise Stewart

March 10, 1927 - May 27, 2016

Mrs. Mildred Elise Crabbe Stewart, age 89, of Calhoun, Ga, passed away on Friday afternoon, May 27, 2016. Mrs. Stewart was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on March 10, 1927, the daughter of the late Oscar B. Crabbe and Lily Gertrude Kinsey Crabbe. She was of the Baptist faith and worked in carpet/yarn mills. In her spare time she loved planting flowers, going to the Smoky Mountains, playing pranks, enjoyed jokes and had a good sense of humor. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Billy Sunday Stewart, one son Billy Ray Stewart, one daughter Brenda Gail Kirkpatrick, one granddaughter Michelle Carter, three brothers William Crabbe, Billy Crabbe and Jack Crabbe, and one sister Geraldine Hixon. Mrs. Stewart is survived by one daughter, Betty Stapp of Calhoun, Ga, one granddaughter, Christy (Mark) Long of Calhoun, Ga, Five great-children, Nicole (Justin) Nelson, of Calhoun, Ga., Kevin (Megan) Johns of Ranger, Ga, Dale Carter of Calhoun, Ga., Gordon Long and Hunter Long of Calhoun, Ga., Four great-great grandchildren, Jacob Nelson and James Nelson of Calhoun Ga., Avah and Braden Johns of Ranger, Ga, one sister, Faye Bozman, of Dallas, Ga, three brothers, Delano Crabbe of Dallas, Ga., Homer Crabbe of Powder Springs, Ga, and Lamar Crabbe of Powder Springs, Ga., and many other friends and relatives. Funeral services for Mildred Stewart will be held on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Jeff Eberhart Funeral Home with Rev. Thomas Cole officiating. Interment will follow in the Powder Springs Memorial Gardens, Powder Springs, Ga. Mark Long, Gordon Long, Todd Moore, Heath Moore, Jimmy Carter and Cecil Carter will serve as pallbearers. Reggie Crabbe, Hunter Long, Gene Dewberry and Stanley Moore will serve as honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. until time of service.