Almetter Sewell Stevenson was born on October 17, 1926 to Rev. Eddie Ben Sewell and Abbie Moore Sewell in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. She was baptized at an early age and a faithful servant.

Almetter was married at a young age to Willie Stevenson. She had one daughter, Nancy, one son, Roy Jean, and two of her sister's children that she raised like her daughters, Lois Powell and Ruth Sewell.

Almetter was an amazing cook and worked in restaurants most of her life. She would teach her family how to cook. Along with her passion for cooking, she had a passion for caring for people. Almetter was a genuinely giving person who always opened her heart to people.

Almetter traveled back and forth from Louisiana to Illinois to stay with her daughter, Nancy, and granddaughter, Lorraine. She spent her last moments surrounded by her family when she departed this earth on January 19, 2014.

Almetter was preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Eddie Sewell and Abbie Moore Sewell, three sisters, Rachel Sewell, Dorothy Green, and Mary Sewell Tucker, two brothers, Jessie Sewell and George Sherman, one son, Roy Jean Sewell, one nephew, George Washingtonand one son-in-law, Lorenzo J. Beckwith.

Almetter leaves to cherish her memory, her daughter, Nancy L. Russ, granddaughter, Lorraine Russ, great grandchildren, Rachel (Forrest) Robinson, Sarah Russ, and Samuel Russ, great great grandchildren, Forrest Robinson III and Raelyn Robinson, and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.