Mary "Frances" Stewart Bostian

Mrs. Mary "Frances" Stewart Bostian, 105, passed away Friday, August 1, 2025, at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehab Center in Salisbury.

A funeral service is scheduled for 1:00 pm Friday, August 8, 2025, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. James H. Rollings will officiate. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.

The family will receive friends from 11:30 am to 12:45 pm Friday at Lady's Funeral Home.

Frances was born April 16, 1920 in Cabarrus County. She was a daughter of the late L.E. Stewart and Rosa Shular Stewart. She was a member of the Kannapolis Breakfast Club, formerly a member of Landis Methodist Church, and eventually became a strong member of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Landis alongside her husband. Whenever the church doors were open, Frances and Robert were there. She worked for Rose's Five and Dime store, and later worked in the office at Cannon Mills.

On her 100th birthday, she received a card from President Donald Trump congratulating her for this huge milestone. On her 105th birthday, she received a picture and another card from President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump congratulating her once again for another great birthday.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Robert Mitchell Bostian; daughter, Suzanne Rainwater; two sisters, Ruth Stewart Noblett and Vera Stewart Robertson; brother, Jack W. Stewart; and grandson, Brian Campbell.

Frances is survived by daughter, Sheila Graham and husband Joel of Denver; three grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

The family would like to send many thanks to Liberty Commons and the angels at hospice who stayed by Frances and Sheila's side.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent in of honor her late husband to Alzheimer's Association - Western Carolina Chapter 4600 Park Road #250, Charlotte, NC 28209 https://www.alz.org/northcarolina/ or to their church, Corner Stone Baptist Church, 500 East Ryder Avenue, Landis, NC 28088.