Verlene Gamble

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Verlene Stewart, age 81, longtime civic and business leader, of San Augustine, passed from this life on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at her beloved homeplace in San Augustine.

Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, December 1, 2017, in the First Baptist Church, 502 East Columbia Street, San Augustine, Texas 75972. Officiating will be Rev. Jim Moss and Rev. Stephen Warren. Interment will follow in the Liberty Hill Memorial Garden in San Augustine County. Visitation will be Friday, December 1, 2017, beginning at 12 noon to 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church.

Verlene was born to Jackie (Estes) Gamble and Sam Houston Gamble on December 14, 1935, in San Augustine County, Texas. Verlene married the love of her life, Gerald Stewart on March 12, 1954, having celebrated this year 63 years of matrimony bliss. Verlene was an active civic leader being a member of the San Augustine Rotary Club; The San Augustine Garden Club; The San Augustine Chamber of Commerce, the Historical Society and the The Red Hats Ladies Club of San Augustine. She retired from the Banking Industry serving as a loan officer, and worked several years after retiring as a Secretary for the First Baptist Church in San Augustine. Also, she worked as Election Judge for San Augustine County for many years, was a business owner and had a realtor estate license. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in San Augustine.

Those who are left to cherish her memory include, her beloved husband of 63 years, Gerald Stewart of San Augustine; Her sons, Tim Stewart, Brad Stewart and Regina Barthol, Rodger Stewart and his wife, Mandy - all of San Augustine; her beloved grandchildren, Charlie Franks and his wife, Hannah, and Kenny Franks and his wife, Anna; her great-grandchildren, Kynleighn Franks and Roper Franks;sister, Merline Boozer of Orange; and Sister-in-law, Louise Gamble of Center, along with numerous nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Jackie and Sam Houston Gamble; brother, H.O. Gamble; Mother-in-law and Father-in-law, Thomas Grady Stewart and Abby (Bragg) Stewart.

Pallbearers will include, Kenny Franks, Charlie Franks, Stephen Gamble, MIchael Boozer, Harold Boozer and Jimmy Cassidy. Honorary Pallbearers will include the Deacons of First Baptist Church in San Augustine.

In lieu of usual remembrances, the family has requested memorials and donations be made to the Alzheimer's Assoc., 6055 South Loop East, Houston, Texas. 77087.

Family/Spouse: David Gerald Stewart. David (son of Thomas Grady Stewart and Abbie Tabitha Bragg) was born on 6 Dec 1929 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 30 Sep 2021 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Memorial Garden, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]