William H. Stewart

Published 11:26 am Thursday, December 1, 2011

A Mass of the Resurrection for William H. “W.H.” “Dub” Stewart will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Malcolm O’Leary officiating. Burial will follow at Beulah Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Friday at Robbins Funeral Home with Rosary from 6 until 7 p.m.

Mr. Stewart died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, at Promise Hospital. He was 76.

A Vicksburg native, he was a graduate of Bowman High School, a veteran of the Army Airborne Division and a member of American Legion Tyner-Ford Post 213. He was a licensed practical nurse at Kuhn Memorial Hospital.

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He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie Bell Walker Marley Stewart and Thomas Stewart; a brother, Jimmy Marley; and a sister, Katherine Marley Johnson.

Survivors include two sons, William Stewart Jr. and Christopher Stewart, both of Vicksburg; two daughters, Ida Stewart Donaldson of Los Angeles and Katherine Grant of Vicksburg; a brother, Richard Marley of Chicago; and numerous other relatives and friends, including grandchildren, cousins, nephews, nieces, members of the Young and Stewart families of Vicksburg and a caretaker, Lois Marie Young Anderson.