Nansemond-Norfolk County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stewart, Robert E., 1952 

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Rites Held Yesterday For Robert Stewart 

  Funeral services for Robert Edmond Stewart, who died Monday night at his 
home on Delaware Avenue after a long illness, were held yesterday afternoon 
at 2 o'clock at the R.W. Baker Funeral Home. 

  The Rev. L.T. Saunders, Jr., of Crozet, Va., assisted by the Rev. J.S. 
Orrell, pastor of the Ivor Baptist Church, conducted the service.  Interment 
followed in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  Mrs. Vernon Holland, Mrs. Archie Smither, S.W. Powell and A.L. Grant, 
accompanied by Mrs. W.F. Whitley, sang "It Is Well With My Soul" and "Lead 
Me Gently Home, Father."  The Rev. Orrell read the poem "Blessed Assurance." 

  The pall was of white roses and fern.  Active pallbearers were R. Causey 
Luke, Byron T. Cutchin, Sr., J.W. Camp, F.T. Joyner, Russell West, L.R. 
Bracey, C.M. Ramsey and L.T. Saunders.  Honorary pallbearers were members 
of the board of deacons of the Ivor Baptist Church. 

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ROBERT EDMOND STEWART 

  Robert Edmond Stewart, 78, retired Ivor merchant, died at the home in 
Suffolk of his son, Robert E. Stewart, Jr., on Monday night, December 15, 
after a long illness. 

  He was in the mercantile business at Ivor, retiring 10 years ago.  Before 
that he was employed by the John L. Roper Lumber Company at Gilmerton and by 
the Shaw Land and Timber Company at Ivor.  He was a member of the Ivor Baptist 
Church, superintendent of its Sunday school, and chairman of its board of 
deacons. 

  A son of the late Solomon and Mary DeFord Stewart of Norfolk County, he is 
survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Harrell Stewart of Suffolk; three daughters, 
Mrs. Elsie Dietz of Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. C. Pembroke Pettit of Fredericks Hall, 
and Mrs. W.S. Beamon, Jr., of Suffolk; one son, Robert E. Stewart, Jr., of 
Suffolk; six grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Culpepper of Northwest. 

  Funeral services were conducted on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the 
Baker Funeral Home, Suffolk, by Rev. L.T. Saunders, Jr., of Crozet, and Rev. 
J.S. Orrell, pastor of Ivor Baptist Church.  Burial was in Holly Lawn 
Cemetery, Suffolk. 

  Members of the board of deacons of Ivor Baptist Church served as honorary 
pallbearers.  Active pallbearers were L.R. Bracey, J.W. Camp, Byron Cutchin, 
Floyd T. Joyner, E. Causey Luke, C.M. Ramsey, L.T. Saunders and Russell West. 


Robert Edmond STEWART, merchant, 
b. 11 Jan 1875, Norfolk Co., d. 15 Dec 1952, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 18 Dec 1952, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 300, Fri., Dec. 19, 1952, p. 1 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 48, No. 10, Fri., Dec. 26, 1952, p. 6 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #54570864. 

D.Cert. 28358 (Suffolk #416) gives son of Solomon & Mary (DeFORD) STEWART. 


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