Pearl E. Nusser Stewart, 69 of Bull Run Rd., St. Clairsville, Ohio died Saturday, June 25, 2005 in Knightdale, NC.

She was born March 11, 1936 in Georgetown, Pennsylvania. A daughter of the late Gabriel Cooley Nusser and Cora Adine Duncan Nusser.

She was a former employee at the National Church Envelope Factory on Rt. 30 in West Virginia and retired from Country Club Retirement Center in Bellaire, Ohio. She attended Lava Ave. Baptist Church in Elm Grove, West Virginia and Pleasant View Baptist Church in Tucson, Arizona.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Roy E. Stewart on March 2, 1988. They were married July 21, 1955. She was also preceded by sister, Mae Jablonski of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania and a grandson, Erich Trinkkeller.

Surviving are her children, Sue Stewart Freno of St. Clairsville, Ohio, James and Barbara Stewart of Bellaire, Ohio, Jeffrey and Shirley Stewart of Stewartsville, Ohio, Matthew and Gina Stewart of Knightdale, North Carolina, Randy and Amy Stewart of Bellaire, Ohio, John and Maria Stewart of Tucson, Arizona.; sisters, Stella and George Milochik of Monaca, PA., Alice and Earl Hanlon of Follansbee, WV., Martha Brown of Martinsburg, WV.; brothers, David "Sonny" and Carol Nusser of Georgetown, PA., John and Janet Nusser of Middlesex, NC., Harry and Gail Nusser of New Gallie, PA., George Nusser of Bridgeport, OH.; 16 grandchildren.

Friends will be received at the Toothman Funeral Home in St. Clairsville, Ohio on Wednesday from 7 to 9 pm where services will be held on Thursday at 11:00 am with pastor Bill Howard of Pleasant View Baptist Church in Tucson, AZ. And Pastor Larry Helms of Clarksburg United Methodist Church, Clarksburg, OH officiating. Burial follows in Belmont County Memorial Park, St. Clairsville, Ohio.