Dot was born July 29, 1921 in Mobile, AL to George and Gertrude Oglesby. She was baptized and grew up in New Hope Methodist Church, Gateswood, AL. Dot was preceded in death by her husband, Aubrey Lee Stewart; mother, Gertrude O. Pilgrim; father, Fred Oglesby; brother, George Oglesby and sister, Williver Brown. Dot was educated in Baldwin County schools until her graduation from high school. Upon graduation she attended Draughans Business School in Montgomery, AL. In 1941 she married Aubrey Lee Stewart. They were married for 36 years until his death in 1977. Later, she attended the University of Georgia and completed her B.A. in Humanities and Communication Arts at The University of West Florida. Dot worked at Escambia High School from 1958-1965. And in 1965 she became one of the first four people originally employed to start the University of West Florida. At that time the UWF offices were on the second floor of the old courthouse on Palafox Street in Pensacola. During Dot's 18 years at UWF she established the Alumni Affairs Department and served as the first Director. Dot loved UWF and both faculty & students held a special place in her heart. Dot was a member of First United Methodist Church for over 60 years. She loved her church and was very active in the life of the church. Over the years Dot served as a delegate to Annual Conference and a member and secretary of Council on Finance and Administration for the Alabama-West Florida Conference for 4 years (She was the first woman ever to serve on the Council). She was a member of the Administrative Board and was the second woman in the history of the church to serve as the Chairman of the Administrative Board. Dot served as chairman of the Long Range Planning Committee, Living Trust Committee, Staff Parish Relations Committee and the Library Committee. She was a member of the Nominations Committee & Stewardship Committee, Served as a Circle Leader (now known as The United Methodist Women), taught Sunday School classes, and chaired the church Self-Study Committee. Dot's hobbies included: traveling, gardening, reading, playing bridge and canasta. Dot is survived by her 3 children; Lt Col (Ret) Jim Stewart of Atlanta, GA, Katie Stewart of Atlanta, GA and Lynn (Larry) Morris of Pensacola; her eight grandchildren, John (Lynn) Stewart, Matthew Stewart, Jane (Will) Hamlin, Laura (Stephen) Hughs, Amanda Arasi and Mike Smith, Brandon (Jeanna) Morris, Lea Morris and John Driscoll and Abby (Keith) DeSa and her 14 great-grandchildren. Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 Monday, July 8, 2013, at First United Methodist Church with Dr. Wesley Wachob & Dr. Henry Roberts officiating. Private family committal will be at Barrancas National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: The UWF Foundation, Dot Stewart Scholarship Fund (11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL. 32514), First United Methodist Church - Living Trust (6 E. Wright St., Pensacola, FL 32501), or Covenant Hospice (2001 North Palafox St., Pensacola, FL 32501). The family wishes to extend special thanks to Virginia Jones-Salter, Jan Myrick, Dorothy Harris, the Covenant Hospice Nurses: Sylvia, Joyce, Orlando, & Catherine, and Home Instead caregiver Kimberly. We will miss our dear Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Friend. If you were blessed enough to have known Dot then you were truly blessed. HARPER-MORRIS MEMORIAL CHAPEL, condolences at harpermorrismemorialchapel.com