Martha Foshee Stewart

Services for Martha Louise Foshee Stewart, 84, of Tyler, will be held on Sunday, January 20, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. in the Stewart Family Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. David Dykes officiating. A private burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Tyler under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Stewart passed away Thursday, January 17, 2019 in Tyler. She was born November 1, 1934 in Tyler to Jack A. and Opal T. Pate Foshee. The Foshee family settled on Bascom Road near the future Lake Tyler over 100 years ago. Martha became a Christian at an early age attending Vacation Bible School and, as an adult, was active in several churches including, Central Baptist, First Baptist Church Tyler and then Green Acres Baptist Church. She grew up in East Texas and attended Bonner Elementary, Hogg Jr. High and graduated from Tyler High School. She continued to maintain friendships with her classmates from Tyler High School, meeting with a group of them every month for dinner. She was a Tyler Junior College Apache Belle in the fall of 1953 and was selected as one of the Tyler Junior College Class Beauty’s for the year of 1953-1954 by the Alumni Association. Martha was a great cook and was famous for her brownies, homemade ice cream, fried chicken and all kinds of beans. In September of 2006, she was invited to be a part of the “Martha Stewart Show” in New York City, and was featured out of the 160 “Martha Stewarts” that came to be on the show. Among the many things she enjoyed, some of her favorites were traveling all over the continental U.S., Alaska, England, Scotland and Greece. She also loved spending time with family at Lake Tyler on their barge. Martha was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Johnnie M. Stewart; brother, Jack Thomas “Tommy” Foshee, a nationally known D.J. whose radio name was “Steve Lundy,” and brother, Stanley Dean Foshee. She is survived by her loving family including her sons, Johnny L. Stewart and wife Janie of Tyler, Chris Stewart and wife Carole of Flint; daughters, Lynette Maynard and husband Neal of Tyler, Lori Morrison and husband Russ of Frisco; grandchildren, Brittany and Brandon Morrison of Frisco, Samantha and Peyton Stewart of Flint, and Hanna Maynard of Tyler. Honorary pallbearers will be Earl Moore, Louis Jones, Bookie Aven (Bill), Bob Gardner, Herb Rawlings, Harold Rawlings, Ernest Gower and the employees of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Visitation is scheduled from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 20, 2019 at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, in Tyler. If desired, memorials may be made to Green Acres Baptist Church Foundation, 1607 Troup Hwy., Tyler, TX 75701.

Martha Foshee Stewart

November 1, 1934 - January 17, 2019