Mr. John Richard Stewart, Jr, age 67, of Summerville, GA, passed away Friday September 23, 2022, at a Rome, GA hospital.
Mr. Stewart was born February 11, 1955, in Greenwood, S.C., the son of the late John Richard and Dorothy Ivester Stewart. Mr. Stewart was employed with Wright Sanitation, and was an avid fisherman & hunter. He loved GA football, the Atlanta Braves , and was an avid sports fan. He enjoyed reading western books and most of all being with his family and grandchildren. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter, Hazel Mincey.
Survivors include his wife, Martha Stewart to whom he was married 13 years; daughter and son-in-law, Melissa and Mark Eichhorn; step-son and daughter-in-law, Sean and Ida Mincey; step-daughter and son-in-law Jeannie and Steven Lane; sister and brother-in-law, Holly and Lewis Moss, and 6 grandchildren.
Funeral service to celebrate the life of Mr. Stewart will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 1, 2022 at the chapel of Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Wright officiating. Interment will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Mark Eichhorn, Mike Wright, Steven Lane, Johnny Rouse, Sean Mincey, and Lewis Moss. Honorary pallbearer will be Caleb Eichhorn..
Mr. Stewart will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until the service hour.
In lieu of flowers the family respectfully requests memorial donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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