Gladys E. Stewart
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May 3, 1934 - March 10, 2021 PUBLIC VIEWING (Walk Through Only) Thursday, March 18, 2021 2PM -7PM Corprew Funeral Home
CELEBRATION OF LIFE Friday, March 19, 2021 11:00AM New Community Temple Church of God in Christ 3615 Tyre Neck Road Portsmouth, VA 23703 ***You may view the service beginning at 11:00AM via our page on Facebook. Please mute your listening devices. Thank you.
EARTHLY RESTING PLACE Greenlawn Memorial Gardens 3920 Airline Blvd. Chesapeake, VA 23321
Due to the current pandemic, services are limited to immediate family and invited guests only. COVID19 REGULATIONS FOR ATTENDING VIEWING AND CHAPEL SERVICES AT CORPREW FUNERAL HOME Due to the recent increase in COVID19 cases, the governor of Virginia has established guidelines to reduce the spread of this pandemic virus. In an effort to keep our families, staff and facilities safe we are asking that all visitors comply with the following directives: ** Be subject to temperature checks, hand sanitation and social distancing of nothing less than 6 feet within the facility **Facial coverings that cover the nose and mouth are required and must remain on while inside of the facilities for viewing and services ** Refrain from kissing, hugging, embracing others as your enter or leave the facilities to help reduce the spread of the virus ** If you are experiencing a cold or flu-like symptoms, please do not enter the funeral home at any time ** Chapel services are limited to 10 People, per Governor’s New Order and Mandate effective Monday, December 14, 2020 ** During viewing hours, visitors may enter 10 at a time through a walk through process of viewing the deceased without lingering or having a large gathering
It is our sincere effort and duty to ensure that the families we serve will be safe and protected during this pandemic. Our facility is sanitized hourly to disinfect and safeguard against the spread of the COVID19 virus. May God bless you and your families and keep us safe in His care. Thank you for continuing to allow us to serve you in your time of need and bereavement.
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Gladys Elizabeth Stewart was born on May 3, 1934 in Portsmouth, Virginia to the late Hermon Jones and Caroline V. Jones. She celebrated 86 years of promise and exchanged her temporal existence for God’s richest blessing- an exceeding weight of glory which will last forever. She departed this life on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 surrounded by her family.
Gladys accepted Christ at an early age and subsequently became a member of St. Paul Holiness Church. Later she moved her membership and joined the Trinity Faith Diamond family where she served as a member of the Deaconess Board. Gladys, “Mom” loved to pray, read her Bible and witness to anyone she encountered about her Lord & Savior. She enjoyed sharing scripture and would often have bible study with her children/grandchildren, having them recite bible verses to introduce, instill and keep them in the word. James 1:22 reads: “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only.” It is refreshing to know that Gladys emulated that. She modeled at all times how to be a “Virtuous Woman” (Proverbs 31). “She opened her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.” “She stretcheth out her hands to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.” Her favorite scripture was Psalm 91 and “The Blood” and “Precious Lord” were the sacred songs she held dear to her heart. Her favorite musical artists were Shirley Caesar and Lou Rawls.
She was a loving, caring, devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Gladys always thought of others and put them first in her life. “To know her was to love her.”
Gladys was the second oldest of 10 children. She is preceded in death by her husband Rudolph Stewart, her parents Hermon Jones & Caroline Jones, her two children Erinda L. Jones and Michael Stewart, as well as two sisters and five brothers.
Gladys leaves to cherish her loving memories her children Carolyn Nicholson (Curtis) of Chesapeake, VA; Sharon Jones, Anthony Stewart, Rosalyn Mills, Linda Potts and Rhonda Stewart all of Portsmouth, VA; Reginald Stewart of Detroit, MI; Pamela Sheppard (Shawn) of Suffolk, VA; and Emmell Stewart of Norfolk, VA. Her siblings Robert Jones (Maewarren) of Chesapeake, VA and Patricia Moore of Suffolk, VA; 27 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren, 16 great-great-grandchildren, nieces, cousins and lots of “adopted” children, nieces and nephews. | |