Mary Ann attended Thomasville City Schools and graduated with the class of 1974. She earned an Associate Degree from Brookstone Business College and was gainfully employed with Old Dominion Freight Lines for over 20 years as an Account Manager. Her most recent years were spent at home as a housewife.
She leaves to cherish fond and precious memoires her husband, James B. Stewart of High Point, NC; mother, Dorothy Wilder Fordham of Thomasville, NC; stepdaughter, Natalie (Nathaniel) Hopkins of Greensboro, NC; a special great niece, Nyla J. Fordham who she adored as a grandchild of Thomasville, NC; two step grandchildren; sisters, Marietta Fordham Simmons of Thomasville, NC, Marsha Fordham Cullins of Greensboro, NC and Tonya Fordham of High Point, NC; brothers, Johnny Wilder of Tucker, GA, Walter Darnell White of Manhattan, NY and Craven (Kim) Fordham of High Point, NC; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, a special niece and godson.
Funeral service will be held Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Solid Rock Baptist Church, 903 East Kearns Street. Interment will follow at Carolina Biblical Gardens. The family will receive friends at the church from 10:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
Final arrangements are entrusted to Phillips Funeral Service, Inc.