Anona Yvonne Harvey Stewart
Anona Yvonne Harvey Stewart, 91, of Grenada, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center Grenada. She was born December 25, 1930, in Poplarville to Hubert and Helen Louise Ray Harvey. Mrs. Stewart was the widow of the late Rev. Donnie L. Stewart to whom she enjoyed 67 years of marriage with until his death in 2015. She was the model pastor’s wife having served alongside him at Lake Como Baptist Church, Ted Baptist Church, Hebron Baptist Church, Duck Hill Baptist Church, Indianola Second Baptist Church, the First Baptist Church of Coffeeville and the First Baptist Church of Holly Springs. They also served the Lord through missions, including trips to South Africa, Hawaii and the Holy Land. Mrs. Stewart’s love for her family came second only to her love for the Lord. She was a devoted mother and grandmother and was a fierce prayer warrior for all those that she loved.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. On Friday, July 15, 2022, at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Grenada, where she was a member, with Dr. Johnny Hutchison and Dr. Brent Barker officiating. Interment followed in the Duck Hill Cemetery. Family and friends gathered from 1 p.m. until service time Friday at the church.
Survivors include her children Sheila Stewart Kirk (Roger) of Duck Hill, Donnie Lamont Stewart Jr. (Susan) of Memphis, Steven Andre Stewart (Lucinda) of Memphis and Celina Roxanne Harrison (Kenny) of Grenada; five sisters, Enda Mitchell, Pam Nuccio and Gussie Buckalew, all of Derby, MS, Sharon Ladner of Pass Christian and Charlotte Pharaon of Camas, WA; eleven grandchildren, Ashlee Alaine Kirk(Robin Redd), Roger Adam Kirk(Amy), Britney Allyson Harrison(Brad), Jordan Clark Stewart, Spencer Elliott Stewart, Joshua Lee Stewart(Lee), Andrea Nicole Pittman(Aaron), Olivia Ruth Hackett(Mark), Benjamin Leseur Evans, IV(Nicole), Ryan Stewart Evans(Shana) and Philip Andrew Evans(Kaitlyn); seventeen great-grandchildren, Christian, Audrey and Ethan Stewart, Milo Pittman, Emma, Caroline, Ava, Mary Alden and Drew Kirk and Kirk, Lee and Johanna Harrison, Rowan and Maclane Evans, Easton Evans and Ezra and Eva Hackett.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Rev. Donnie L. Stewart; two brothers, Bobby and Bill Harvey and a great-grandson, Benjamin Leseur Evans, V.
Mrs. Stewart’s grandsons honored her by serving as pallbearers and carrying her to rest in the Duck Hill Cemetery.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com .
Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, (662-307-2694).
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