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Charles Dewitt Stewart
August 13, 2026
Charles Dewitt Stewart passed away July 4, 2026 at the Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains MO at the age of 85. He was born July 7, 1940 in N. Wilksboro, North Carolina to James M. and Cornelia (Peoples) Stewart.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James M. Stewart and Cornelia (Peoples) Stewart; his brothers, Fred E. Stewart and James M. Stewart, sister-in-law, Kay Stewart, and his grandparents.
He is survived by his son, Charles D. Stewart II and his wife, April of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; his stepson, Robert John Thompson III of Missouri; his granddaughter, Trenyah Martin (Jayven) of Tennessee; his nephews, Scott Stewart and Michael Stewart of Florida, and his sister-in-law/traveling buddy, Melanie Stewart of Eminence, MO.
Charles moved to Eminence in 2001 from Machias, Maine after a long career in the Navy and Naval Civil Service. He joined the Navy on February 10, 1958 and retired on January 31, 1985. He worked on base in Maine as an office Technician from 1986- 2001. He would take trips with Melanie to the Adirondacks in Upstate NY and then visit Massena, N.Y at the St Lawrence Seaway where he was on the first Navy ship, USS Macon (CA132), to transit the St Lawrence Seaway as part of Task Force 47, a 28-ship detachment of the US Atlantic Flee it, in 1959. He was always excited to stop and see ships going through and seeing the historic displays. He was on a ship off the coast of Vietnam during the war and then later in submarines around the world, spending time in Saudi Arabia and other ports.
He will be remembered for his kindness, his smile, his stories, and his laughter. He was always ready to meet Jim at Margie’s Place in the afternoon and visit with friends, or take off to Oaklawn (Hot Springs) and Fairmount Park (St. Louis) horse tracks, or to travel to Florida and central NY visiting Melanie’s family and friends. On weekends he liked to watch football, or horse and NASCAR races after mowing the lawn.
A Celebration of Life will be held later in Eminence. Arrangements were under the direction of Yarber Mortuary, Eminence, Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James M. Stewart and Cornelia (Peoples) Stewart; his brothers, Fred E. Stewart and James M. Stewart, sister-in-law, Kay Stewart, and his grandparents.
He is survived by his son, Charles D. Stewart II and his wife, April of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; his stepson, Robert John Thompson III of Missouri; his granddaughter, Trenyah Martin (Jayven) of Tennessee; his nephews, Scott Stewart and Michael Stewart of Florida, and his sister-in-law/traveling buddy, Melanie Stewart of Eminence, MO.
Charles moved to Eminence in 2001 from Machias, Maine after a long career in the Navy and Naval Civil Service. He joined the Navy on February 10, 1958 and retired on January 31, 1985. He worked on base in Maine as an office Technician from 1986- 2001. He would take trips with Melanie to the Adirondacks in Upstate NY and then visit Massena, N.Y at the St Lawrence Seaway where he was on the first Navy ship, USS Macon (CA132), to transit the St Lawrence Seaway as part of Task Force 47, a 28-ship detachment of the US Atlantic Flee it, in 1959. He was always excited to stop and see ships going through and seeing the historic displays. He was on a ship off the coast of Vietnam during the war and then later in submarines around the world, spending time in Saudi Arabia and other ports.
He will be remembered for his kindness, his smile, his stories, and his laughter. He was always ready to meet Jim at Margie’s Place in the afternoon and visit with friends, or take off to Oaklawn (Hot Springs) and Fairmount Park (St. Louis) horse tracks, or to travel to Florida and central NY visiting Melanie’s family and friends. On weekends he liked to watch football, or horse and NASCAR races after mowing the lawn.
A Celebration of Life will be held later in Eminence. Arrangements were under the direction of Yarber Mortuary, Eminence, Missouri.
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