Obituaries:  Robert Eldred Stewart, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       S-363
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 10, 1985
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Robert Eldred Stewart

  Mr. Robert Eldred Stewart of Robeline, passed away at 9:55 p.m.,
Tuesday, Jan 1, 1985, at the Sabine Medical Center in Many. He
was 71 years old.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Stewart of Robeline; two
sons, Raymond Stewart of Athens, Georgia, and Norman Stewart of
Ft. Huschuca, Arizona; two daughters, Mrs. Elaine Nippert of
Orange, Calif., and Mrs. Lorraine Oxley of the Republic of
Panama; 11 grandchildren; and three great grandchildren; three
brothers, Redic Stewart, and Younger Stewart of Robeline, and
James M. Stewart of Poteau, Oklahoma; six sisters, Mrs. Etna
Howard of Florien, Mrs. Melvina Matthews, and Mrs. Lizzie Belle
Carnline of Robeline, Mrs. Olivia Carnline, Mrs. Novis Lambert,
and Mrs. Doris Faust of Many; one uncle, Clarence Stewart of
Florien; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and other loved ones.

  Mr. Stewart retired in Dec. 1977, from Tenneco, Inc., after 27
years of service. He was a member of Friendship Church of the
Nazarene, where he served on the Church Board for 36 years. For
many years, he was song leader, and also sang solos, and was in
quartets with his wife and sisters.

  Funeral services for Mr. Stewart were held Saturday, Jan. 5, at
2 p.m., at Friendship Church of the Nazarene, with interment in
the Friendship Cemetery. Officiating were Rev. Winston Lowe, Rev.
Gary Dupuy, and Rev. Mike Howard. Services were under the
direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Pallbearers were nephews, Robert, and Philip Lambert, David, and
George Carnline, Gerald Knippers, Harold Matthews, Odis Faust,
and Brent Little.