Born in Six Mile, SC, she was the daughter of the late Burley James Stewart and Gertrude Messer Stewart. Mrs. Broom was a devoted Christian who loved worshiping the Lord. She was an active member of the Keowee Baptist Church.
Mrs. Broom was a homemaker, master quilter and avid sports fan. She loved playing softball, trout fishing, gardening, and golf, especially with her husband, Hase. She loved to travel and road-tripped through all 48 continental U.S. states. When she was not on the road you could find her at any number of sporting events, art exhibits, concerts, plays, and school functions supporting all of her grandchildren. Her biscuits, pound cakes, and apple butter were unparallelled and you could always smell a fresh batch cooking when you entered her home.
Surviving are her one daughter, Cindy Broom Riddle; two sons, Greg Broom and wife Valerie, and Chris Broom and wife Frankie; one sister, Eloise Stewart Carver, brothers Milford Jenkins Stewart and James Wilton Stewart, ten grandchildren, Audra Bettinelli and husband Jérôme, Laura Jane Gramling and husband Phillip, Jacob Broom, Jarod Broom, John Broom, Jordan Broom, Thomas Broom, Tiffany Locke and husband Marshall, Cory Cromer and wife Natalie, Shawn Cromer; three great-grandchildren, Braxton, Davis, and Sullivan Locke.
Mrs. Broom is predeceased by her loving husband of 60 years, Hase Buford Broom. She was also predeceased by six siblings, Lola Faye Lusk, James Marvin Stewart, Etta Mae Beazeale, John Lesley Stewart, and infant sisters, Shirley Jean Stewart, and Pricilla Gayle Stewart.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, February 10, 2019, from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Dillard Funeral Home, with services to follow in Dillard Funeral Home Chapel at 3:30. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park and Gardens.
Memorials may be made in honor of Mrs. Broom to the Cancer Society of Greenville County, 113 Mills Avenue, Greenville, SC 29605 or to Oconee Hospice of the Foothills, 390 Keowee School Road, Seneca, SC 2967
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