Funeral services for Mrs. Cordelia Larry Stewart will be Friday, December 9, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the Magnolia Baptist Church in Montezuma, Georgia with Rev. Hosie Waters officiating. Burial will follow at the Brown Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Stewart died on Monday, December 5th at the Flint River Community Hospital.
Cordelia “Tootsie Pop” Larry Stewart, daughter of the late Mary Louise Larry Thomas, Willie C. Thomas, and Claude Perkins was born May 2, 1963. At an early age, she joined Brown Chapel Missionary Baptist Church and served as an usher and junior representative at the Southern Baptist Association for many years. She graduated from D.F. Douglass High School in 1980. She was employed at R&R Hilltop and Highbrighton for many years. On December 19, 1996, she was united in holy matrimony to Ernest Stewart. She was preceded in death by a son, Eric Ivory.
Her memories will forever be cherished by her husband, Ernest Stewart; fathers: Willie C. Thomas and Claude (Laura) Perkins; sons and daughters: Derrick (Dana) Ivory of Vienna, GA, Decarris (Chelsie) Dean and Claudette Larry of Oglethorpe, GA and Domonique Larry of Montezuma, GA; nine grandchildren: D’Quayveon, Kaitlyn, Emiyah, Carmen, Derrick Jr., TyKevious, Miekell, Frankie Jr. and Ariya; brothers and sisters: Christopher (Camilla) Thomas of Montezuma, GA, Keefer (Miranda) Perkins and Shontanette (Robert) Barber of Atlanta, GA; grandparents; Clarence (Rose) Thomas, Montezuma, GA; mother-in-law, Mary A. Stewart of Oglethorpe, GA; aunts and uncles: David Larry, Olivia (Eddie) Cochran, Mary (Bobby Lee) Davis, Joe Henry (Helen) Thomas, Gloria Thomas, Mattie Waters, Bessie Leary, Lillian Butler, Lena Johnson, Norma Jackson, Ernest (Sharon) Perkins, Richard Perkins, Joseph Perkins, Cordelia Perkins; great aunts and uncle: Clifford (Lottie Mae) Brown, Mary Lizzie Brown, Bernice Brown, and Ophelia Larry; a loving, dedicated and devoted aunt, Dollie Larry West; devoted cousins: Hubert S. West, Jr. and D. Danielle (Bernard) Lane; devoted friends: Greta Greene and Cynthia Journey; two Godsons: Cameron McClendon and Frederick English; several loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.