Mrs. Frances Lela Allen Stewart

July 21, 1926 - March 30, 2016

Mrs. Frances Lela Allen Stewart, age 89, of Shelbyville, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Graveside services will be 12:30 Friday, April 1, 2016, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Reverend Jeff Rasnick will officiate. The family will receive visitors 10AM until noon Friday, at the funereal home. She was born July 21, 1926, in Moore County, to the late Thomas Odel and Ettie Richardson Allen. She was retired from Arnold Engineering Development Center after 30 years of service. She loved to play bridge, was a member of the Shelbyville Women’s Club and was a member of the Joy Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church, where she was a faithful and longtime member. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Preceding her in death was her husband, Owen Stewart, and two brothers, Richard Thomas Allen and Barry Jefferson Allen, and a sister in law, Betty Allen. Survivors include a son, Duane (Ann Marie) Stewart, of Shelbyville, and a daughter, Deborah (Charles) Ruark, of Hermitage; three grandchildren, Nathan Stewart, Matthew Stewart, and David Owen Stewart Ruark; sister in law, Dot Allen. Memorials may be made to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital or St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.