Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stewart, John S. Jr., 2007 

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JOHN SHELTON STEWART, JR. 

  DENDRON - John Shelton Stewart, Jr., 88, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 
surrounded by his family in the Surry county home where he was born and 
lived all of his life.  He was the son of the late John Shelton Stewart Sr. 
and Elsie Savedge Stewart.  Lillian Gwaltney Stewart, his loving wife of 63 
years, predeceased him by less than a week.  Mr. Stewart was a member of 
Union Christian Church, were he served as Deacon, Trustee and Treasurer; 
was an honorary member and charter member of Blackwater Sportsman Club; and 
was a current president of the Union Hunt Club.  He was a lifetime farmer, 
avid hunter, proud father, grandfather and great-grandfather.  His hobbies 
were fishing, gardening and bird watching.  He is survived by his son, J. 
Shelton Stewart, III and his wife Jean; granddaughter, Jennifer Stewart 
Gwaltney and her husband, Charles; two great-grandsons, Joseph Stewart 
Gwaltney and Randall Alton Gwaltney, all of Surry; a sister, Ruby S. Hargrave 
of Wakefield; special nieces, Martha S. Seward and her husband, Keith, Jodi S. 
Gwaltney and Cari Ann Seward; along with a host cousins, nephews, nieces and 
friends.  He was predeceased by a sister, Ruth S. Scarborough.  Funeral 
services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, in Purviance Chapel of 
J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Homes, Wakefield, Va., with the Rev. Cecil Smith 
and the Rev. Daniel M. Wickert officiating.  Interment will follow in Union 
Christian Church Cemetery, Dendron.  The family will receive friends at the 
funeral home on Friday evening, 6 to 8 p.m. and at other times at the home at 
2332 New Design Road, Surry.

  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Union Christian 
Church, 2331 New Design Road, Surry, Va. 23839; or to the Surry Volunteer 
Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 188, Surry, VA 23883; or to the Dendron Volunteer fire 
Department, P.O. Box 155, Dendron, VA 23839.


John Shelton STEWART, Jr., lifetime farmer, 
b. 1 Oct 1925, Surry Co., d. 18 Apr 2007, at home [birthplace], 
interred in Union Christian Church Cemetery*, 21 Apr 2007, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 20, 2007, 

*Find a Grave Mem. #51703436 

His parents are also buried there. 

His mother's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1989) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/s363e2ob.txt 

His wife's obit ("Daily Press," Apr. 14, 2007) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/s363l1ob.txt 


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