Verdie Stewart

	Verdie Stewart, age 101, of Fair Acres in DuQuoin and a former Benton resident, died at 2:40 p.m. Thursday, November 29. 2001 at the Marshall Browning Hospital in DuQuoin.
	She was born on December 11, 1899 in West Frankfort, the daughter of William Scott and Ada (Hill) Dorris.
	  On November 1, 1919, she married T. Benton Stewart.  He preceded her in death on February 27, 1982.
	Mrs. Stewart was a member of the Frisco Baptist Church and in later years, became a member of the North Benton Baptist Church.
	She is survived by two daughters, Una Duckworth and husband Fred of DuQuoin and Eula Richardson and husband Marvin of Georgetown, Ind.; one son, Kenneth Stewart and wife Darlene of DuQuoin; 11 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren and 24 great-great-grandchildren.
	Mrs. Stewart was preceded in death by her parents; husband, four grandchildren and one brother, Harvey Dorris.
	Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 2 at the Morton & Johnston Funeral Home in Benton with Rev. George Moore officiating.  Burial was in the Masonic & Oddfellows Cemetery in Benton.  Friends called from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Morton & Johnston Funeral Home in Benton.
