COMMERCE – Jimmy Audrey Stewart, 67, died Tuesday, January 5, 2016, at Athens Regional Medical Center.
Mr. Stewart was born in Commerce, the son of the late Jesse Leo and Julia Vaughn Stewart. He attended Erastus Christian Church and was a United States Army Veteran. Mr. Stewart was retired from the University of Georgia. He was preceded in death by a brother, Daniel Stewart.
Survivors include his wife, Madge Minish Stewart, Commerce; sons, Jimmy Sheldon Stewart, Danielsville, and Rodney Shane Stewart, Commerce; sisters, Betty Beck and Midge Mullinax, both of Danielsville, and Dianne Smith, Commerce; brothers, Leon Stewart, Acworth, and Carey Stewart, Commerce; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 7, at Erastus Christian Church with the Rev. David Strickland, Mr. Steve Parker and the Rev. Larry Dyer officiating. Interment will follow in Erastus Christian Church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday, January 6, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.