SALLEY – Surrounded by his loving family, Mr. Robert “Bob” T. Stewart, 89, went home to be with his Lord Friday, July 9, 2010.
Mr. Stewart was born in Morristown, N.J., the son of the late Thomas Johnston and Ruth Hannah Stewart. He was a U. S. Army Veteran of WWII. He was a member of Rocky Grove Baptist Church, a life long volunteer fireman in N.J. and in Salley. He was a Captain of Millington, N.J. First Aid Squad, and part time special Police Officer in Passaic Township, N.J. Mr. Bob was an avid fisherman whose love for the sport was passed on to his daughters, sons-in-law, grandchildren and nephews.
Mr. Stewart is survived by his wife of 64 years, Eva Louise Daniels Stewart, daughters; Susan (Joseph) Ullrich, Kathy (Sambo) Cooper, and Betty Lou (Charles) Seaberg, grandchildren; Claire (Scott) Miles, Becky (Clint) Brown, Amanda Hightower, Charles Robert Seaberg, Tara Seaberg, and Daniel Seaberg, great grandchildren: Hannah Miles, Cooper and Robert Lance Brown, and Julia Hightower, brother Allen (Hazel) Stewart, sisters Elizabeth Moore, and Ruth (Edward) Meininger, and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Wagener Chapel of Blizzard Funeral Home, 163 Main St. South, Wagener, SC (803) 564-5333. The Funeral Service will be Monday 11:00 a.m. in the Rocky Grove Baptist Church with the Reverend John O’Cain officiating. Mr. Stewart will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service for viewing. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The pallbearers will be his grandsons and great grandsons. The Rocky Grove Senior Sunday School Class will serve as honorary pallbearers. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Rocky Grove Baptist Church Ramp Ministry P.O. Box 508 Salley or to the Salley Fire Department P. O. Box 484 Salley, SC 29137
