The News & Advance - Lynchburg, VA
Saturday, 29 Jan 2011
Thomas Melville Stewart
Thomas Melville Stewart, 95, of Amherst, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. He was the son of Sen. Arthur Thomas "Tom" and Helen Turner Stewart, of Tennessee. He was born Nov. 18, 1915, in Jasper, Tenn., and was the eldest of five children. He attended Sewanee Military Academy as a junior and graduated in 1934 from Central High School in Winchester, Tenn. After attending the University of the South for three years, he completed his L.L.B. at Cumberland Law School, Lebanon, Tenn.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941, serving as an intelligence officer in the Second Cavalry. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his action in the rescue of the famed Lipizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School and the resultant liberation of Allied POWs. In 2001, he was granted the National Gold Award by Austria for his accomplishments in saving the Lipizzaner horses.
After his discharge from the Army as a captain, he returned to civilian life in Aiken, S.C., where he worked as an investigator for E.I. Dupont at Savannah River Plant. While there, he met and married a young widow from Georgia, Anne Evans Scott. They established their home in Tennessee, where he was employed for 33 years by the state. He served 15 years as director of Motor Vehicles and concluded his career as an administrative law judge in the Department of Revenue.
During retirement years, he pursued a vigorous life of the mind with study of the word of God, history, and political affairs. He will be remembered for his love of books and family, devotion to his wife, and storytelling. A relationship with the church family was also a central part of the Stewart home; he was an inspiring Sunday school teacher to the very young while in his 80s and continued to enjoy lively debates with friends.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Paul Turner Stewart and Chancellor Lawrence Fricks Stewart; and his sister, Mary Helen Coffey. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Anne Evans Scott Stewart, of Amherst; one sister, Betty Ann Dunn, of Arlington; one 108-year-old aunt, Dorothy Stewart Krotzer, of Winchester, Tenn.; three children, Preston Jerome Scott (Barbara), of Springfield, Ga.; Helen Alicia Stewart Raleigh (Harry), of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Martha Stewart Ratliff (Clark), of Amherst. In addition, he is survived by six grandchildren, Alicia Brinson, Lori Hood, Catherine Ratliff, Harry Lee Raleigh III, Margaret Anne Raleigh and Thomas Stewart Raleigh; five great-grandchildren; and numerous cousins, nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at Amelon United Methodist Church in Madison Heights, with the Rev. Dr. Paulo C. Da Silva officiating. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2011,at Culpeper National Cemetery in Culpeper.
Memorials may be made to Amelon United Methodist Church, Habitat for Humanity or a charity of your choice.
To send a condolence to the family, please visit www.whittenfuneralhome.com.
Saturday, 29 Jan 2011
Thomas Melville Stewart
Thomas Melville Stewart, 95, of Amherst, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. He was the son of Sen. Arthur Thomas "Tom" and Helen Turner Stewart, of Tennessee. He was born Nov. 18, 1915, in Jasper, Tenn., and was the eldest of five children. He attended Sewanee Military Academy as a junior and graduated in 1934 from Central High School in Winchester, Tenn. After attending the University of the South for three years, he completed his L.L.B. at Cumberland Law School, Lebanon, Tenn.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941, serving as an intelligence officer in the Second Cavalry. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his action in the rescue of the famed Lipizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School and the resultant liberation of Allied POWs. In 2001, he was granted the National Gold Award by Austria for his accomplishments in saving the Lipizzaner horses.
After his discharge from the Army as a captain, he returned to civilian life in Aiken, S.C., where he worked as an investigator for E.I. Dupont at Savannah River Plant. While there, he met and married a young widow from Georgia, Anne Evans Scott. They established their home in Tennessee, where he was employed for 33 years by the state. He served 15 years as director of Motor Vehicles and concluded his career as an administrative law judge in the Department of Revenue.
During retirement years, he pursued a vigorous life of the mind with study of the word of God, history, and political affairs. He will be remembered for his love of books and family, devotion to his wife, and storytelling. A relationship with the church family was also a central part of the Stewart home; he was an inspiring Sunday school teacher to the very young while in his 80s and continued to enjoy lively debates with friends.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Paul Turner Stewart and Chancellor Lawrence Fricks Stewart; and his sister, Mary Helen Coffey. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Anne Evans Scott Stewart, of Amherst; one sister, Betty Ann Dunn, of Arlington; one 108-year-old aunt, Dorothy Stewart Krotzer, of Winchester, Tenn.; three children, Preston Jerome Scott (Barbara), of Springfield, Ga.; Helen Alicia Stewart Raleigh (Harry), of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Martha Stewart Ratliff (Clark), of Amherst. In addition, he is survived by six grandchildren, Alicia Brinson, Lori Hood, Catherine Ratliff, Harry Lee Raleigh III, Margaret Anne Raleigh and Thomas Stewart Raleigh; five great-grandchildren; and numerous cousins, nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at Amelon United Methodist Church in Madison Heights, with the Rev. Dr. Paulo C. Da Silva officiating. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2011,at Culpeper National Cemetery in Culpeper.
Memorials may be made to Amelon United Methodist Church, Habitat for Humanity or a charity of your choice.
To send a condolence to the family, please visit www.whittenfuneralhome.com.
The News & Advance - Lynchburg, VA
Saturday, 29 Jan 2011
Thomas Melville Stewart
Thomas Melville Stewart, 95, of Amherst, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. He was the son of Sen. Arthur Thomas "Tom" and Helen Turner Stewart, of Tennessee. He was born Nov. 18, 1915, in Jasper, Tenn., and was the eldest of five children. He attended Sewanee Military Academy as a junior and graduated in 1934 from Central High School in Winchester, Tenn. After attending the University of the South for three years, he completed his L.L.B. at Cumberland Law School, Lebanon, Tenn.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941, serving as an intelligence officer in the Second Cavalry. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his action in the rescue of the famed Lipizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School and the resultant liberation of Allied POWs. In 2001, he was granted the National Gold Award by Austria for his accomplishments in saving the Lipizzaner horses.
After his discharge from the Army as a captain, he returned to civilian life in Aiken, S.C., where he worked as an investigator for E.I. Dupont at Savannah River Plant. While there, he met and married a young widow from Georgia, Anne Evans Scott. They established their home in Tennessee, where he was employed for 33 years by the state. He served 15 years as director of Motor Vehicles and concluded his career as an administrative law judge in the Department of Revenue.
During retirement years, he pursued a vigorous life of the mind with study of the word of God, history, and political affairs. He will be remembered for his love of books and family, devotion to his wife, and storytelling. A relationship with the church family was also a central part of the Stewart home; he was an inspiring Sunday school teacher to the very young while in his 80s and continued to enjoy lively debates with friends.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Paul Turner Stewart and Chancellor Lawrence Fricks Stewart; and his sister, Mary Helen Coffey. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Anne Evans Scott Stewart, of Amherst; one sister, Betty Ann Dunn, of Arlington; one 108-year-old aunt, Dorothy Stewart Krotzer, of Winchester, Tenn.; three children, Preston Jerome Scott (Barbara), of Springfield, Ga.; Helen Alicia Stewart Raleigh (Harry), of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Martha Stewart Ratliff (Clark), of Amherst. In addition, he is survived by six grandchildren, Alicia Brinson, Lori Hood, Catherine Ratliff, Harry Lee Raleigh III, Margaret Anne Raleigh and Thomas Stewart Raleigh; five great-grandchildren; and numerous cousins, nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at Amelon United Methodist Church in Madison Heights, with the Rev. Dr. Paulo C. Da Silva officiating. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2011,at Culpeper National Cemetery in Culpeper.
Memorials may be made to Amelon United Methodist Church, Habitat for Humanity or a charity of your choice.
To send a condolence to the family, please visit www.whittenfuneralhome.com.
Saturday, 29 Jan 2011
Thomas Melville Stewart
Thomas Melville Stewart, 95, of Amherst, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. He was the son of Sen. Arthur Thomas "Tom" and Helen Turner Stewart, of Tennessee. He was born Nov. 18, 1915, in Jasper, Tenn., and was the eldest of five children. He attended Sewanee Military Academy as a junior and graduated in 1934 from Central High School in Winchester, Tenn. After attending the University of the South for three years, he completed his L.L.B. at Cumberland Law School, Lebanon, Tenn.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941, serving as an intelligence officer in the Second Cavalry. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his action in the rescue of the famed Lipizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School and the resultant liberation of Allied POWs. In 2001, he was granted the National Gold Award by Austria for his accomplishments in saving the Lipizzaner horses.
After his discharge from the Army as a captain, he returned to civilian life in Aiken, S.C., where he worked as an investigator for E.I. Dupont at Savannah River Plant. While there, he met and married a young widow from Georgia, Anne Evans Scott. They established their home in Tennessee, where he was employed for 33 years by the state. He served 15 years as director of Motor Vehicles and concluded his career as an administrative law judge in the Department of Revenue.
During retirement years, he pursued a vigorous life of the mind with study of the word of God, history, and political affairs. He will be remembered for his love of books and family, devotion to his wife, and storytelling. A relationship with the church family was also a central part of the Stewart home; he was an inspiring Sunday school teacher to the very young while in his 80s and continued to enjoy lively debates with friends.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Paul Turner Stewart and Chancellor Lawrence Fricks Stewart; and his sister, Mary Helen Coffey. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Anne Evans Scott Stewart, of Amherst; one sister, Betty Ann Dunn, of Arlington; one 108-year-old aunt, Dorothy Stewart Krotzer, of Winchester, Tenn.; three children, Preston Jerome Scott (Barbara), of Springfield, Ga.; Helen Alicia Stewart Raleigh (Harry), of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Martha Stewart Ratliff (Clark), of Amherst. In addition, he is survived by six grandchildren, Alicia Brinson, Lori Hood, Catherine Ratliff, Harry Lee Raleigh III, Margaret Anne Raleigh and Thomas Stewart Raleigh; five great-grandchildren; and numerous cousins, nephews and nieces.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at Amelon United Methodist Church in Madison Heights, with the Rev. Dr. Paulo C. Da Silva officiating. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2011,at Culpeper National Cemetery in Culpeper.
Memorials may be made to Amelon United Methodist Church, Habitat for Humanity or a charity of your choice.
To send a condolence to the family, please visit www.whittenfuneralhome.com.
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