Roy
Roy Stewart
d. July 21, 2007
Roy E. Stewart, age 79 of Long Beach, died on Saturday, July 21, 2007 in New Orleans, LA.
Mr. Stewart was born in Buffalo, NY and had been a resident of the MS Gulf Coast since 1976. He was a 1947 graduate of Morehead High School in Morehead, KY. After high school, he joined the United States Navy, served during the Korean Conflict and then retired after 20 years of service.
After retirement, he returned to Kentucky and married his high school sweetheart, Mattie. They lived in Norfolk, VA, where he sold insurance and then went with the Naval Oceanography in Sutland, MD, as an accounting officer. He was with Naval Oceanography a total of 22 years, 12 of them here in Mississippi at Stennis.
Mr. Stewart had an active life and loved to travel. Over the years, he and his late wife, Mattie, traveled to every state in the U.S. and to Canada.
Roy became the treasurer of the state National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) in 1992, where he set up the statewide and now the national convention for NARFE. Mr. Stewart was also secretary-treasurer of the naval reunion for the USS Kankakee AO39.
Mr. Stewart was a member of First Baptist Church in Long Beach, member of the VFW Post in Pass Christian, and the American Legion Post and Fleet Reserve Association both in Long Beach. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge #500 in Long Beach and in Morehead, KY.
Mr. Stewart is preceded in death by his parents, Jesse & Fannie Rogers Stewart; and his wife, Mattie Stinson Stewart.
Mr. Stewart is survived by his loving daughters, Danita Wilson and Nikki (Leon) Byrd all of Long Beach; his brother, Carl Stewart of Steens, MS; his grandchildren, Beverly (Tim) Raybourn of Gulfport and Joshua Wilson of Long Beach; and his great granddaughter, Natalie Raybourn of Gulfport.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 26, 2007 from 6-8pm at THE RIEMANN FAMILY'S Riemann Funeral Home, 11213 Highway 49 North Chapel in Gulfport.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 27, 2007 at 1:15pm in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at the National Cemetery in Biloxi with full military honors.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the NARFE, Gulf Breeze Chapter #1571, 4003 Glover Street
Gulfport, MS 39507, or to ones favorite charity. An online guestbook may be viewed and signed at www.riemannfamily.com.
Mr. Stewart was born in Buffalo, NY and had been a resident of the MS Gulf Coast since 1976. He was a 1947 graduate of Morehead High School in Morehead, KY. After high school, he joined the United States Navy, served during the Korean Conflict and then retired after 20 years of service.
After retirement, he returned to Kentucky and married his high school sweetheart, Mattie. They lived in Norfolk, VA, where he sold insurance and then went with the Naval Oceanography in Sutland, MD, as an accounting officer. He was with Naval Oceanography a total of 22 years, 12 of them here in Mississippi at Stennis.
Mr. Stewart had an active life and loved to travel. Over the years, he and his late wife, Mattie, traveled to every state in the U.S. and to Canada.
Roy became the treasurer of the state National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) in 1992, where he set up the statewide and now the national convention for NARFE. Mr. Stewart was also secretary-treasurer of the naval reunion for the USS Kankakee AO39.
Mr. Stewart was a member of First Baptist Church in Long Beach, member of the VFW Post in Pass Christian, and the American Legion Post and Fleet Reserve Association both in Long Beach. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge #500 in Long Beach and in Morehead, KY.
Mr. Stewart is preceded in death by his parents, Jesse & Fannie Rogers Stewart; and his wife, Mattie Stinson Stewart.
Mr. Stewart is survived by his loving daughters, Danita Wilson and Nikki (Leon) Byrd all of Long Beach; his brother, Carl Stewart of Steens, MS; his grandchildren, Beverly (Tim) Raybourn of Gulfport and Joshua Wilson of Long Beach; and his great granddaughter, Natalie Raybourn of Gulfport.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 26, 2007 from 6-8pm at THE RIEMANN FAMILY'S Riemann Funeral Home, 11213 Highway 49 North Chapel in Gulfport.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 27, 2007 at 1:15pm in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at the National Cemetery in Biloxi with full military honors.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the NARFE, Gulf Breeze Chapter #1571, 4003 Glover Street
Gulfport, MS 39507, or to ones favorite charity. An online guestbook may be viewed and signed at www.riemannfamily.com.
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