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Stewart in Montgomery County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
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E.H. Sumners Foundation

 
 
E.H. Sumners Foundation Marker is missing. image. Click for full size.
1. E.H. Sumners Foundation Marker is missing.
Inscription. This trust fund, est. in honor of timberman E. H. Sumners of Stewart by his wife in 1979, provides college tuition to students in 5 Miss. counties, offering wider access to higher education to thousands.
 
Erected 1989 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public WorkEducation. A significant historical year for this entry is 1979.
 
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 33° 27.072′ N, 89° 26.142′ W. Marker was in Stewart, Mississippi, in Montgomery County. It was at the intersection of U.S. 82 and Stewart-Lodi Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 82. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Stewart MS 39767, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Central Mississippi. It was also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Mississippi Delta. Globally, it was in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: The Mississippi Carillon (approx. 7 miles away); Address by President Abraham Lincoln (approx. 7.1 miles away); Kilmichael: B.B. King's Roots (approx. 7.8 miles away); Jeff Busby Park (approx. 10.4 miles away); The Great Eastern Hardwood Forest (approx. 10.4 miles away); Col. James Drane
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(approx. 11.1 miles away); French Camp (approx. 11.2 miles away); Natchez Trace at French Camp (approx. 11.2 miles away).
 
More about this marker. Marker has been broken off at the neck.
 
E.H. Sumners Foundation Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 5, 2021
2. E.H. Sumners Foundation Marker
Pole only
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 7, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 354 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 7, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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Jun. 21, 2026