Fayetteville: Ms. Mary Hazel Stewart Byrd age 96 of Fayetteville died Wednesday at Autumn Care Nursing & Rehabilitation in Fayetteville. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Coats. Officiating will be the Rev. Jeff Roberts. Burial will follow in Harnett Memorial Park in Lillington.
Ms. Byrd was born on February 2, 1919 in Harnett County, NC to the late Shelton and Ida Cannady Stewart. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Janice Suggs; and a brother, Earl Stewart; and three grandchildren. She was a bookkeeper for Carl's Supermarket in Erwin for many years. Ms. Stewart was a member of First Baptist Church of Erwin. She is survived by a daughter, Gail Tew of Fayetteville, three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren.
Family will receive friends 1:00 to 1:45 prior to the service at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats.