Robert Fred Stewart

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Robert Fred Stewart, 86, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at 11 a.m. at Ava United Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.

Mr. Stewart died Sunday, Jan. 22, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center.

A Coosa county native, Mr. Stewart was born Sept. 3, 1925, the son of Clark P. and Vera Fulmer Stewart. He was a retired manager of Alabama Power Company, past deacon and treasurer of Goodwater Presbyterian Church, past trustee of Goodwater schools, honored past president of Wedowee Kiwanis Club, past officer of Randolph County High School PTA and had served different offices of Ava United Methodist Church.

Mr. Stewart is survived by his wife, Mamie Slay Stewart of Wedowee; two daughters and their husbands, Claire and James Watts of Auburn and Marsha and Tommy Moorehead of Lineville; one son, David Slay Stewart and wife Tammy of Spanish Fort; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and two brothers.

Pallbearers will be Tim Watts, Brett Watts, Kevin Watts, Sam Kuhn, Terry Graham and Ron Watters.

The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home, Wedowee, Monday, Jan. 23, from 4:30-8 p.m. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to services. The family requests in lieu in flowers donations be made to Ava United Methodist Church. Leave online condolences at www.benefieldfhwedowee.com.

Benefield Funeral Home, Wedowee.