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Opal Dean (Close up) GOWAN STEWART

Elmwood Cemetery
Mississippi County,
Arkansas

Nov 6, 1922
Mar 13, 2015
Mother

Opal Dean Stewart, 92, of Blytheville, Arkansas, passed from this life March 13, 2015, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Opal was born in Denton, Missouri, to Bill and Artie Mae (James) Gowan. She was a resident of Blytheville for 50 plus years.

Opal was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Blytheville. Opal was known to family as well as friends as "Gran". Her greatest enjoyment in life was spending time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, William Thomas "Bill" Stewart; a daughter, Carolyn Stewart Tilley; four brothers, James Gowan, John Will Gowan, Howard Gowan, and Eugene Gowan; and two sisters, Barbara Gowan and Gloria Myers.

Opal is survived by one sister, Doris McCollum of Columbus, Mississippi; two grandchildren, Cindy Tilley Byrd (Jim) of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Heather Swafford (Doug Brees) of Blytheville; three great grandchildren, Alysen Swafford of Blytheville, Cade Thomas Byrd and Sydney Dean Byrd of Jonesboro, Arkansas; and one son-in-law, Richard Tilley of Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Services were held at Cobb Funeral Home Chapel.
Jonesboro Sun obits. March 14, 2015

Photographer ashaw444@swbell.net

Contributed on 11/3/19

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Submitted: 11/3/19 • Approved: 11/4/19 • Last Updated: 11/7/19 • R1281149-G1281148-S3

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