Fredda Deane Allison Stewart, age 91, passed from this life Monday, April 6, 2015, to her heavenly home to be forever with her savior and lord, Jesus Christ.
Fredda was born Jan. 26, 1924, in Springdale to Fred and Bethel Black Allison.
She grew up in Westville, Okla., where Fred owned a pharmacy and Fredda graduated from high school in 1941. After graduation, she moved to Fort Smith to work in her Aunt’s photo shop, while saving money to attend college. In 1946, Fredda enrolled in Ouachita Baptist College in Arkedelphia. In 1948, Fredda married Claude Henry Stewart, a ministerial student also attending Ouachita Baptist. After their college graduation, Claude pastored churches in Mineral Springs and Lockesburg. During this time, Claude continued his ministerial education by enrolling in seminary at New Orleans Baptist University. After the Nov. 15, 1951, birth of their daughter, Deborah Deane, they subsequently moved to Slidell, La., where Fredda began her public school teaching career and Claude pastored a small rural church while completing his masters of divinity degree at seminary. Music was a vital part of Fredda’s life and she was a piano student under the tutelage of professors at both John Brown University and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She completed her master’s degree at Northeastern in Tahlequah, Okla., and continued to teach piano and in the public schools wherever Claude’s pastorship took them. While serving as pastor at First Baptist Church in Lavaca, Claude and Fredda welcomed a son, Claude Daniel to their family Sept. 11, 1960. Soon thereafter, the family moved to Muskogee, Okla., where Claude became the pastor of Eastern Heights Baptist and Deborah graduated from high school. Eventually, Claude, Fredda and Danny returned to Fort Smith, where Fredda concluded her teaching career at Northside High School and where Danny also graduated.
Fredda’s husband, Claude; and her son, Claude Daniel; and daughter, Deborah Arnold preceded her in death; as did her siblings, Patricia Carrington Blair and Winfred Black Allison; her parents, Fred and Bethel Allison; and other cousins, aunts and uncles.
Rejoicing that Fredda is no longer in pain and finally enjoying her heavenly residence with her lord are the following family members: Deborah’s daughters, Fredda’s granddaughters from Texas, Daphne (husband Bill) Gravitt, of Flower Mound, Texas, and Jennifer (husband Mark) McLaughlin, of Corinth, Texas. Also celebrating the life and memory of Fredda are her two granddaughters in Louisiana, the daughters of Danny, Danielle (husband Benji) Doyle and Katy Beth (husband Sean) Booth of DeRidder and Lake Charles, La., respectively. Fredda’s great‐grandsons are Greyson Gravitt (age 12), Jesse (age 11) and Logan (age 9) McLaughlin; and Thomas Daniel Doyle (age 1½). Other immediate family excited about Fredda’s presence in heaven are Donald Paul Carrington (wife Kay) of Tulsa, Becky Allison (widow of Fredda’s brother, Winfred) of Charlotte, N.C., Claude’s brother, Robert (wife Margaret) Stewart of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and the children/relatives of these individuals.
George Barham, pastor of Westside Baptist Church will conduct Fredda’s memorial service Friday at 2 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Roselawn Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Edward’s Funeral Home.
Fredda was born Jan. 26, 1924, in Springdale to Fred and Bethel Black Allison.
She grew up in Westville, Okla., where Fred owned a pharmacy and Fredda graduated from high school in 1941. After graduation, she moved to Fort Smith to work in her Aunt’s photo shop, while saving money to attend college. In 1946, Fredda enrolled in Ouachita Baptist College in Arkedelphia. In 1948, Fredda married Claude Henry Stewart, a ministerial student also attending Ouachita Baptist. After their college graduation, Claude pastored churches in Mineral Springs and Lockesburg. During this time, Claude continued his ministerial education by enrolling in seminary at New Orleans Baptist University. After the Nov. 15, 1951, birth of their daughter, Deborah Deane, they subsequently moved to Slidell, La., where Fredda began her public school teaching career and Claude pastored a small rural church while completing his masters of divinity degree at seminary. Music was a vital part of Fredda’s life and she was a piano student under the tutelage of professors at both John Brown University and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She completed her master’s degree at Northeastern in Tahlequah, Okla., and continued to teach piano and in the public schools wherever Claude’s pastorship took them. While serving as pastor at First Baptist Church in Lavaca, Claude and Fredda welcomed a son, Claude Daniel to their family Sept. 11, 1960. Soon thereafter, the family moved to Muskogee, Okla., where Claude became the pastor of Eastern Heights Baptist and Deborah graduated from high school. Eventually, Claude, Fredda and Danny returned to Fort Smith, where Fredda concluded her teaching career at Northside High School and where Danny also graduated.
Fredda’s husband, Claude; and her son, Claude Daniel; and daughter, Deborah Arnold preceded her in death; as did her siblings, Patricia Carrington Blair and Winfred Black Allison; her parents, Fred and Bethel Allison; and other cousins, aunts and uncles.
Rejoicing that Fredda is no longer in pain and finally enjoying her heavenly residence with her lord are the following family members: Deborah’s daughters, Fredda’s granddaughters from Texas, Daphne (husband Bill) Gravitt, of Flower Mound, Texas, and Jennifer (husband Mark) McLaughlin, of Corinth, Texas. Also celebrating the life and memory of Fredda are her two granddaughters in Louisiana, the daughters of Danny, Danielle (husband Benji) Doyle and Katy Beth (husband Sean) Booth of DeRidder and Lake Charles, La., respectively. Fredda’s great‐grandsons are Greyson Gravitt (age 12), Jesse (age 11) and Logan (age 9) McLaughlin; and Thomas Daniel Doyle (age 1½). Other immediate family excited about Fredda’s presence in heaven are Donald Paul Carrington (wife Kay) of Tulsa, Becky Allison (widow of Fredda’s brother, Winfred) of Charlotte, N.C., Claude’s brother, Robert (wife Margaret) Stewart of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and the children/relatives of these individuals.
George Barham, pastor of Westside Baptist Church will conduct Fredda’s memorial service Friday at 2 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Roselawn Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Edward’s Funeral Home.
Fredda Deane Allison Stewart, age 91, passed from this life Monday, April 6, 2015, to her heavenly home to be forever with her savior and lord, Jesus Christ.
Fredda was born Jan. 26, 1924, in Springdale to Fred and Bethel Black Allison.
She grew up in Westville, Okla., where Fred owned a pharmacy and Fredda graduated from high school in 1941. After graduation, she moved to Fort Smith to work in her Aunt’s photo shop, while saving money to attend college. In 1946, Fredda enrolled in Ouachita Baptist College in Arkedelphia. In 1948, Fredda married Claude Henry Stewart, a ministerial student also attending Ouachita Baptist. After their college graduation, Claude pastored churches in Mineral Springs and Lockesburg. During this time, Claude continued his ministerial education by enrolling in seminary at New Orleans Baptist University. After the Nov. 15, 1951, birth of their daughter, Deborah Deane, they subsequently moved to Slidell, La., where Fredda began her public school teaching career and Claude pastored a small rural church while completing his masters of divinity degree at seminary. Music was a vital part of Fredda’s life and she was a piano student under the tutelage of professors at both John Brown University and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She completed her master’s degree at Northeastern in Tahlequah, Okla., and continued to teach piano and in the public schools wherever Claude’s pastorship took them. While serving as pastor at First Baptist Church in Lavaca, Claude and Fredda welcomed a son, Claude Daniel to their family Sept. 11, 1960. Soon thereafter, the family moved to Muskogee, Okla., where Claude became the pastor of Eastern Heights Baptist and Deborah graduated from high school. Eventually, Claude, Fredda and Danny returned to Fort Smith, where Fredda concluded her teaching career at Northside High School and where Danny also graduated.
Fredda’s husband, Claude; and her son, Claude Daniel; and daughter, Deborah Arnold preceded her in death; as did her siblings, Patricia Carrington Blair and Winfred Black Allison; her parents, Fred and Bethel Allison; and other cousins, aunts and uncles.
Rejoicing that Fredda is no longer in pain and finally enjoying her heavenly residence with her lord are the following family members: Deborah’s daughters, Fredda’s granddaughters from Texas, Daphne (husband Bill) Gravitt, of Flower Mound, Texas, and Jennifer (husband Mark) McLaughlin, of Corinth, Texas. Also celebrating the life and memory of Fredda are her two granddaughters in Louisiana, the daughters of Danny, Danielle (husband Benji) Doyle and Katy Beth (husband Sean) Booth of DeRidder and Lake Charles, La., respectively. Fredda’s great‐grandsons are Greyson Gravitt (age 12), Jesse (age 11) and Logan (age 9) McLaughlin; and Thomas Daniel Doyle (age 1½). Other immediate family excited about Fredda’s presence in heaven are Donald Paul Carrington (wife Kay) of Tulsa, Becky Allison (widow of Fredda’s brother, Winfred) of Charlotte, N.C., Claude’s brother, Robert (wife Margaret) Stewart of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and the children/relatives of these individuals.
George Barham, pastor of Westside Baptist Church will conduct Fredda’s memorial service Friday at 2 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Roselawn Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Edward’s Funeral Home.
Fredda was born Jan. 26, 1924, in Springdale to Fred and Bethel Black Allison.
She grew up in Westville, Okla., where Fred owned a pharmacy and Fredda graduated from high school in 1941. After graduation, she moved to Fort Smith to work in her Aunt’s photo shop, while saving money to attend college. In 1946, Fredda enrolled in Ouachita Baptist College in Arkedelphia. In 1948, Fredda married Claude Henry Stewart, a ministerial student also attending Ouachita Baptist. After their college graduation, Claude pastored churches in Mineral Springs and Lockesburg. During this time, Claude continued his ministerial education by enrolling in seminary at New Orleans Baptist University. After the Nov. 15, 1951, birth of their daughter, Deborah Deane, they subsequently moved to Slidell, La., where Fredda began her public school teaching career and Claude pastored a small rural church while completing his masters of divinity degree at seminary. Music was a vital part of Fredda’s life and she was a piano student under the tutelage of professors at both John Brown University and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She completed her master’s degree at Northeastern in Tahlequah, Okla., and continued to teach piano and in the public schools wherever Claude’s pastorship took them. While serving as pastor at First Baptist Church in Lavaca, Claude and Fredda welcomed a son, Claude Daniel to their family Sept. 11, 1960. Soon thereafter, the family moved to Muskogee, Okla., where Claude became the pastor of Eastern Heights Baptist and Deborah graduated from high school. Eventually, Claude, Fredda and Danny returned to Fort Smith, where Fredda concluded her teaching career at Northside High School and where Danny also graduated.
Fredda’s husband, Claude; and her son, Claude Daniel; and daughter, Deborah Arnold preceded her in death; as did her siblings, Patricia Carrington Blair and Winfred Black Allison; her parents, Fred and Bethel Allison; and other cousins, aunts and uncles.
Rejoicing that Fredda is no longer in pain and finally enjoying her heavenly residence with her lord are the following family members: Deborah’s daughters, Fredda’s granddaughters from Texas, Daphne (husband Bill) Gravitt, of Flower Mound, Texas, and Jennifer (husband Mark) McLaughlin, of Corinth, Texas. Also celebrating the life and memory of Fredda are her two granddaughters in Louisiana, the daughters of Danny, Danielle (husband Benji) Doyle and Katy Beth (husband Sean) Booth of DeRidder and Lake Charles, La., respectively. Fredda’s great‐grandsons are Greyson Gravitt (age 12), Jesse (age 11) and Logan (age 9) McLaughlin; and Thomas Daniel Doyle (age 1½). Other immediate family excited about Fredda’s presence in heaven are Donald Paul Carrington (wife Kay) of Tulsa, Becky Allison (widow of Fredda’s brother, Winfred) of Charlotte, N.C., Claude’s brother, Robert (wife Margaret) Stewart of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and the children/relatives of these individuals.
George Barham, pastor of Westside Baptist Church will conduct Fredda’s memorial service Friday at 2 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Roselawn Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Edward’s Funeral Home.
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