Honey Grove, Texas -- Thelma Stewart Anderson, formerly of Bogata and Roxton, Texas, passed away September 30, 2024 at the Honey Grove Nursing Center. Thelma lived a long and eventful life and recently celebrated her 98th birthday. She will be remembered by many and leaves a smile on the faces of all who knew her.
Graveside services will be held Thursday, October 3, 2024 in the Bogata Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Kevin Towery presiding.
Thelma was born on September 9, 1926, in Red River County, TX to Sam and Velma (Stogner) Brown. For most of her life her family called her Punky. She had a sister, Wava Jean (known to family as Sissy) whom she loved very much. She married Salathiel Stewart and together raised their two sons on Circle Drive in Bogata, Texas. She retired from Westinghouse in Paris, Texas.
Thelma loved to cook and especially baking pies and sweets. She was also an accomplished seamstress and sewed for family, friends and the community through the years. Following the death of her first husband, Thelma later married Albert Anderson and lived in Roxton, Texas, where she was active in the community. She spent many days visiting and enjoying life there.
Left to cherish her memory are her sons, Jimmie and Mary Stewart of Allen, Texas; Lanny and Kathy Stewart of West Monroe, Louisiana.; as well as three of her four grandchildren: Rita and Lynn Jones of Honey Grove, Darrin and Shannon Stewart of Melissa, and Glen Stewart of Lafayette. Thelma has five great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister Wava Jean Mathena of Houston, Texas as well as a host of friends and extended family. Her loud boisterous voice and contagious laughter will be missed by many. Her family hopes she is already playing 42 in heaven.
Thelma was preceded in death by her grandparents, her parents, and both her husbands. She was also preceded in death earlier this year by granddaughter, Lisa Broce.
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