Mrs. Helen Robertson Stewart, 98, of Burlington passed away at the Hospice Home on Monday, October 15, 2018 at 10:32 p.m.
A native of Alamance County, she was the wife of the late Winfred Benjamin “Buck” Stewart and the daughter of Willie B. Robertson and Swannie Isley Robertson, both deceased. She retired from Burlington Industries at the Pioneer Plant. Mrs. Stewart was a longtime member of Kinnett Memorial Baptist Church where she was active in the Missions Group and the Seniors and taught the Children’s Sunday School Class.
Survivors include three daughters, Jean S. Cobb, Patricia Paschal and Helen Jo McAllister; son, Robert Winfred “Bobby” Stewart; brother, Harold Robertson and wife Mildred; two sisters, Betty R. Murray and Norma R. Smith; three grandchildren, Jodi W. Pope and husband Roger, Tracy Lee Stewart and Jerry Ray; nine great-grandchildren, Chelsie Matherly, Tyler Stewart, Bradley Wilson, Ethen Roberts, Gracelyn, Avery and Maddie Pope, Gage Wilson and Spencer Stewart; one great-great-granddaughter, Rowen Elise Matherly; great-great-grandson, Atlas Nixon Matherly; brother-in-law, Elton M. Vaughn; sister-in-law, Becky S. Robertson; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Christopher B. Wilson and four siblings, Hortense R. White and husband James A. White, William B. “Bill” Robertson and wife Xenia B. Robertson, Mary R. Vaughn and James B. “Jim Robertson; and two brothers-in-law, Homer B. Murray and Banks Smith.
The funeral service will be conducted at Kinnett Memorial Baptist Church on Friday, October 19, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. by Rev. Don Pegg with the family receiving friends from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will follow in Alamance Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to Kinnett Memorial Baptist Church, 1106 East Morehead Street, Burlington, NC 27215 or to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215.
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