Betty Jean Stewart

Published: Thursday, May 7, 2009 8:03 AM CDT

Graveside services for Betty Jean Stewart, age 67, of Blanket will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 8, at the Rock Church Cemetery with the Rev. Jim Looby officiating. Interment will follow under the direction of Netherton Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today, at the funeral home. 

Mrs. Stewart passed away Tuesday night, May 5, at her home.

Betty was born Feb. 6, 1942, in Brownwood, Texas, the daughter of the late Albert and Bessie (Hamrick) Funderburg.
 She was married to Sammie J. Stewart on Dec. 23, 1961, in Brownwood. They retired to Blanket in 1993. Betty was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the First Baptist Church in Blanket. Survivors include her husband, Sammie J. Stewart of Blanket; sons, Allen Stewart and wife, Tammi, of Comanche and Gregory Stewart and wife, Andria, of Early; grandchildren, Bianca Stewart, Sammie J. Stewart II, Kayla Stewart, and Colton Stewart; sister, Bobbie Beal and husband, Leon, of Early and sister-in-law, Claudia Funderburg of Brownwood; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Allen Funderburg; and sister, Dorothy Farris.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Corinne T. Smith Animal Shelter.