Shirley

Steward

Shirley Steward of Beaumont, TX; was welcomed into her Heavenly home Saturday, February 14, 2026, at the age of 88 years old.

Family and friends are invited to a memorial service to be held on March 14, 2026, at 10 am in Bumstead Cemetery on East Walton Road in Lumberton, Texas.

Shirley was born in Silsbee, Texas, on August 28, 1937. She graduated from Silsbee High School and then attended Lamar University, receiving two Master's Degrees and a Texas Teaching Certificate. For the greater part of her adult life, she was a beloved teacher, teaching 3rd grade of Caldwood Elementary School. After teaching for 40 years, Shirley retired and went to work for McDougell-Littell selling textbooks. In her spare time and on the weekends, Shirley was a devout Christian working in the children's division of Calvary Baptist Church in Beaumont, Texas. Shirley, after retiring again, was a volunteer at Dishman Elementary School, Mc Faddin Ward House, and Shangri La Botanical Gardens. In her later years, she met and married and attended Wesley World Church and Sunday School in Beaumont, Texas. She desired to be cremated.

She is predeceased in death by her first husband, Mark Brown, and her only child, Greg Brown.

She will be missed terribly by her husband, Harold Steward, and her brother, sisters, nieces, and nephews.

Proctor's Mortuary - Beaumont, is in charge of final arrangements, 3522 Washington Blvd. Beaumont, TX. 77705 (409) 840-2022.The guest book can be signed; words of comfort and condolences for the family can be left at www.proctorsmortuary.com