COTTONDALE | George Leslie Stewart "Les", age 64, of Cottondale, died January 14, 2016, in Sumter County at his hunting club. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, January 18, 2016, at Memory Chapel. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Gardens with Memory Chapel, A Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. Visitation will be from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Monday, January 18, 2016. 
He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Mary Nell Stewart; brother, Larry Dawson Stewart; father and mother-in-law, Blackie and Helen Blagburn; brother-in-law, John Brown.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Blagburn Stewart of Cottondale, Ala.; nieces, Jennifer Brown Stinson (Travis), Mary Kathryn Brown Thomas (Brad), Staci Brown Hardwick (Jordan), Heather Stewart LeCompte (Kevin), Shelly Stewart Smith (Jason); sister-in-law, Theresa Stewart; great nieces and nephews, Everett and Emmett Thomas, Selah Hardwick, Walker, Charlie and Stella LeCompte, and Kate and Ryan Smith.
Les was a big man with an even bigger heart. He loved his family and would do anything for anybody. He was a great story teller and loved to make people laugh. He would tell you the same story a second time and it was just as funny. He passed away suddenly doing what he loved the best- hunting. 
Pallbearers are John Collins, Chris Allen, Dennis Hoggle, Chris Hoggle, Heath Porter, Brad Thomas, Jordan Hardwick, and Travis Stinson.
Honorary pallbearers are past and present employees of Woods & Water, James Durrett, John Wilson, Joyce McCormack, Jackie Porter, Johanna Hoggle and family, Kevin LeCompte, the Class of 1970 and Zelle Stewart and Family.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the ALS Foundation, Saint Jude's Children's Hospital, or The Big Oak Ranch.