Carter Co., OK - OBIT:  Arthur O. 'Skinny' Stewart

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Subject: "Skinny" Stewart - obit - 1926-1998 
Author: transcriber 
Date: 25 Jan 2002 6:33 AM GMT 
posted Friday, July 17, 1998 in The Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, OK

Arthur O. 'Skinny' Stewart

WILSON -- Services for Arthur O. "Skinny" Stewart, 71, will be at 2 p.m. 
Saturday, July 18, 1998, at the Wilson Assembly of God Church with the 
Rev. Jim Gillum and Gary Labeth officiating. Interment will follow at 
Hewitt Cemetery.

Born Nov. 16, 1926, at Wilson, Okla., to Ollie M. and Callie Mae Shaw Stewart, 
he passed away July 16, 1998 at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Ardmore.

Raised at Wilson, he received the Jim Thorpe Award before he graduated from 
Wilson High School in 1945. He graduated from Southeastern State College 
with his degree in education and physical education. While in college he 
was active in basketball, baseball and track, and was named All American 
football player. He later received his master's degree in counseling.

The Army veteran of World War II played professional football for the 
Washington Red Skins and was also in the Canadian League.

He was inducted into the Southeastern Hall of Fame and Coaches Hall of 
Fame in Oklahoma City.

Skinny worked for the Tom Tipps Insurance Agency, was employed by the 
Carter County Sheriff's Department 12 years, then taught and coached 
football at Wilson schools before his retirement in 1996.

He is survived by a brother, Billy Ray Stewart of Sweetwater, Texas; 
a sister, Frances Phillips of Wilson; several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Elizabeth Lea "Betsy" Stewart on 
Oct. 26, 1968; his mother, Callie Mae Stewart, Jan. 30, 1971; father, 
Ollie M. Stewart, Feb. 22, 1973; two sisters, Esteen Stewart Sales, 
June 12, 1938, and Virginia Stewart, March 3, 1921; and two brothers, 
Forrest Stewart in 1960, and Ollie Stewart Jr., Nov. 16, 1993.

Alexander Funeral Home will direct services.

Pallbearers will be Michael Paul O'Daniel, Sammy Goff, Mike Hyder, 
Butch Adams, Brad Sullivan and Ronald Giles.
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Ardmore, Carter county, OK
Wilson, Carter county, PK
Sweetwater, Nolan county, TX