ROXIE STEWART

MAY 6, 1931 - APRIL 14, 2012

ANDERSON, SC – Roxie Margaret Rich Stewart, age 80, wife of James “Jim” H. Stewart, passed away April 14, 2012 at her home.

Born in Castalia, NC, she was the daughter of the late Walter G. and Ethel Downey Rich.  She graduated from the Spring Hope High School in NC; she received her nursing degree from the Riverside Hospital in Newport News, VA.  She worked for many years as a nurse for Westpoint Stevens Mills; she had previously worked at the Anderson Memorial Hospital.  She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her loving husband, Jim Stewart of the home; daughter, Lisa Teasley Putnam of Greenville, NC; son, Michael Clark Teasley and his wife, Anna of Easley, SC; step-son, Jim Stewart of Anderson, SC; brother, Walter G. Rich Jr., of Warrenton, NC; sister, Ida Crutchfield of Sumter, SC; three grandchildren, Kyle Putnam, Blake Teasley, Stephanie Stewart.

Mrs. Stewart was preceded in death by a son Richard Brian Teasley, sisters, Evelyn Strum and Elsie Mae Goggin.

A Funeral Service will be held Monday, April 16, 2012 at 11:30 in The Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home with the Dr. Dennis R. Tedder officiating. Entombment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum.

The family will be at the residence and will receive friends at The McDougald Funeral Home on Monday, April 16, 2012 from 10:00 am until 11:00 am.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 302 W. Whitner Street, Anderson, SC 29624.