David Roland Stewart, 86, of Beaver Dam, passed away Nov. 12, 2014, at Ohio County Hospital in Hartford. He was born April 20, 1928, to the late Herman Clay “Pap” and Laura Lee Cooper Stewart in the Taylormine Community of Ohio County, Ky.
David was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, a Past Master of the Beaver Dam Masonic Lodge #420 F&AM, member of the Beaver Dam Chapter # 37 O.E.S., and he was retired from Operating Engineers Local Union 181 in Henderson. David passions were quail hunting and fishing, Kentucky basketball, playing Pinochle and Backgammon with friends and family.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by one son, Richard Lynn Stewart; five brothers, Samuel Stewart, Clay Moore Stewart, George Stewart, Herman Clay Stewart, and Owen Stewart; and two sisters, Imogene Haven and Bernice Adams.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Agnes Patricia Leach Stewart, of Beaver Dam; two sons, Roland Miles (Cheryl) Stewart, of Manchester, Mo., and Samuel Lance Stewart, of Beaver Dam; two daughters, Debbie (Steve) Everly, of Centertown, and Lee Annette (Millard) Taylor, of Beaver Dam; one daughter-in-law, Sharon Stewart, of Henderson; one sister–in–law, Lillian Stewart, of Beaver Dam. David was blessed with 15 grandchildren, Alicia Lynn, Sharilyn, Kathryn, April, Wayne, Debbie Ann, Jarrod, Emily, Sean, Josh, Lauren, Nathan, Jessika, Mason, Chenelle, and lots of beautiful great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam. Burial will be in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery in Beaver Dam. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. until time of service Saturday at the funeral Home. Masonic Rites will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday.
Online messages of condolence can be made at www.danksfuneralhome.com.