Sussex-Surry-Prince George County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Stewart, Ruth C. Wiseman, 2001 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ RUTH CLAIBORNE WISEMAN STEWART Ruth Wiseman Stewart, 91, died Monday, August 13, 2001 at Waverly Healthcare Center in Waverly, Va. She was the daughter of the late Richard A. and Bessie W. Wiseman, and wife of the late Edward Lee Stewart. Mrs. Stewart was an accomplished poet with many of her works published. She retired from the Virginia Department of Transportation's Richmond office in 1975 and was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Hopewell, Va. She is survived by three daughters, Elinor S. Antis of Wakefield, Dorothy A. Stewart of Greenbelt, Md. And Rose S. Ford of Prince George County, Va.; one brother, Roland A. Wiseman of Prince George County; one half-sister, Bessie S. Hart of Clearwater, Fla.; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. A graveside funeral service will be held Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 11 a.m. at Rocky Hock United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wakefield. The family will receive friends at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, on Tuesday evening 7 to 8:30 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad, Waverly, Va., 23890 Ruth Claiborne (WISEMAN; Mrs. Edward L.) STEWART, retired from VDoT, b. 22 Dec 1909, Prince George Co., d. 13 Aug 2001, Waverly, interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 66*), 15 Aug 2001, "Richmond Times-Dispatch," Aug. 14, 2001 *Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt Her husband's (donated, 1959) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s363e1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/s363r5ob.txt