Thomas Earl Stewart

Mr. Thomas Earl Stewart, age 75, of 130 Jesse Stewart Lane died Monday at Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital in Dunn.   Funeral Services will be held 2:00PM Thursday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson.  Officiating will be Rev. Jerome Pope.   Burial will follow in Benson City Cemetery.               Mr. Stewart was born on June 18, 1941 in Harnett County to the late Jesse Grant and Elvia Johnson Stewart.  He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy Ann Stewart; son, Thomas Anthony Stewart; sister, Magalene  Black; brothers, Jesse Mark Stewart, Robert Stewart and Walter Stewart.  Mr. Stewart was a retired farmer.              Surviving are wife of twenty-one years, Mary Frances C. Stewart; son, Allen Neil Stewart of Dunn; daughter-in-law, Karen Stewart of Dunn; grandchildren, Tiffany Stewart Bowen, Brittany Stewart and Autumn Stewart; great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Bowen and T. J. Beasley; children and spouses, Marc and Kimberly Gilbert of  Benson, Mary and David Razabdouski of Fuquay Varina, Shirley Haught of Benson, Horace Lucas of Charlotte, and Alvin Ray and Marilyn Gilbert of Erwin; thirteen grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; sisters, Josephine Parker of Clayton and Della Mae Slye of Dudley; and several nieces and nephews.              The family will receive friends from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM  Thursday prior to the service.              Arrangements by Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson, NC.