Addie Berry Steward

Addie Berry Steward was born on November 8, 1902 in Alabama to (Unknown First Name) Hillyard and Mary Berry Hillyard. She passed from this life on November 23, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma having reached the age of 110 years, and 15 days. She married Samuel S. Steward on February 9, 1923 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on June 30, 1965. She moved to Pawnee from Tulsa and in 1990 when her home burned she moved to Stillwater. She worked for a number of years as a housekeeper and was also a midwife, helping deliver many children locally and in the surrounding area. She was also the Church Mother and Church Treasurer at the Pawnee Methodist Church. She was very active while living in Pawnee in various church activities and programs at the Pawnee Senior Citizens Center, and has traveled from the State Capital Building in Oklahoma City to Los Angeles, California. She always enjoyed fishing and being with family and friends, reading her Bible, crocheting doilies and hats. From 2005 through 2011 she had been receiving special centenarian birthday letters and greetings from both President Bush and President Obama. She received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition on August 25, 2010 for being a centenarian from Congressman Frank Lucas , and was recognized with a certificate by the Pawnee County Department of Human Services centennial celebration party in 2007 in appreciation of 100 years of citizenship. Addie is survived by: Daughter:Marie Abington & her husband, Willard, Stillwater, Oklahoma Grandchildren:Fred Alexander, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Michelle Abington, Stillwater, Oklahoma Gary Stewart, Pawnee, Oklahoma Rose Stewart, Stillwater, Oklahoma Great Grandchildren:Michael Abington, Stillwater, Oklahoma Davian Stewart, Stillwater, Oklahoma Trey Stewart, Pawnee, Oklahoma Plus a number of cousins, other relatives, and special friends. Besides her husband, Samuel, she was preceded in death by her parents, Mary Berry Hillyard Ware and Mr. Hillyard; her stepfather, Austin Ware; sister, Emma Berry Powell; and five of her six children, Corrine Steward Fitchpatrick, Jimmy Stewart, Junior Steward, Eddie Steward, and Timmy Steward. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 30, 2012 at Poteet Funeral Chapel, Pawnee, Oklahoma. Interment will be at Highland Cemetery, Pawnee, Oklahoma, under the direction of Poteet Funeral Home, Pawnee, Oklahoma.