Melvin Dale Stewart

1909 - 1998  (88 years)

• Name	Melvin Dale Stewart
  Born	20 Sep 1909	Columbus Township, St. Clair, Michigan
  Gender	Male
  Occupation(s)	Automobile Mechanic, Motor Tune-up Specialist, Bluff City Buick, Memphis, Tennessee
  Died	26 Jan 1998	Winfield, Illinois
  Buried	Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee
  Notes	Worked at Bluff City Buick in Memphis starting in 1937 until about 1982. When living in Brown, Alabama, as a young man, he worked on the railroad selling newspapers and candy. He was called a News Butcher. In World War II, he was stationed in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where he taught welding on airplanes. He was a member of Parkway Methodist Church when he lived in south Memphis. He was a member of Underwood Methodist Church when he lived in east Memphis.
  Person ID	I39	Full Stewart Fox Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	James Oscar Stewart,   b. 18 Sep 1881, Warwick, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Apr 1945, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Zoe Vivian Rumsey,   b. 28 Jan 1883, St. Clair Township, Michigan ,   d. 08 Jul 1959, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years)
  Married	18 Sep 1906	Columbus Township, St. Clair, Michigan
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Velma May Fox,   b. 14 May 1911, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi ,   d. 20 Dec 1994, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee  (Age 83 years)
  Married	06 Aug 1937	Marion, Arkansas
  Children	1. Robert Dale Stewart
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Sep 1909 - Columbus Township, St. Clair, Michigan Married - 06 Aug 1937 - Marion, Arkansas Died - 26 Jan 1998 - Winfield, Illinois Buried - - Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Stewart: Four Generations of Stewarts -- 1907 Melvin Dale Stewart (baby); George Stewart (left); Robert Fred Stewart (right); James Oscar Stewart (back)
  		Stewart: Melvin Dale Stewart - about 1990 Memphis, Tennessee, Underwood United Methodist Church photo
  		Stewart: Stewart Family, 284 Bullington Ave., Memphis, Tennessee - October 1940 (Left to right) Melvin Dale Stewart, his wife Velma May Fox, Ruth Isabella Stewart, James Oscar Stewart, Esther Flora Stewart and Zoe Vivian Rumsey (James Oscar Stewart's wife). Missing from this photo are Robert Elton Stewart who died as a young man and James Leland Stewart who was not present for the photo.
  		Stewart: Stewart Children, January 12, 1919, Precinct 16 - Popes, Perry County, Alabama From left: Esther Flora Stewart, Ruth Isabella Stewart, Robert Elton Stewart, Melvin Dale Stewart, and (youngest boy in front) James Leland Stewart. This photo was actually a postcard, and on the back of the postcard was written, "Leland is still afraid of strangers." The family left Michigan shortly after James Leland Stewart was born and went to Brown, Alabama to farm. They were there only a short time before moving to Memphis, Tennessee.
  		Stewart: Melvin Dale Stewart, 1907, Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan This photo was made at the studio of J. M. White.
  		Stewart: Robert Elton Stewart; Melvin Dale Stewart; Ruth Isabella Stewart, Esther Flora Stewart Left Column: Robert Elton Stewart; Melvin Dale Stewart; Robert Elton Stewart; Robert Elton Stewart and Melvin Dale Stewart. Right column: Ruth Isabella Stewart, Esther Flora Stewart, Robert Elton Stewart; Esther Flora Stewart; Robert Elton Stewart; Robert Elton Stewart.
  		Stewart: Ruth Isabella Stewart (right), Velma May (Fox) Stewart (center), Esther Flora Stewart (left), Melvin Dale Stewart (center, front). Christmas, 1976
  		Fox: Velma May (Fox) Stewart and Melvin Dale Stewart, late 1930s, Memphis, Tennessee
  		Stewart: Melvin Dale Stewart, February 28, 1908, age 5 months - 28 days, weight 21 lbs.
  		Stewart: Stewart Farmhouse, on Rattle Run Road, Columbus, Michigan This home was the birthplace of Melvin Dale Stewart, Robert Elton Stewart, Ruth Esabella Stewart, Esther Flora Stewart and James Leland Stewart.
  		Stewart: Ruth Isabella Stewart (center) age 6 months, Robert Elton Stewart (left), and Melvin Dale Stewart (right), 1911
  		Fox: Terry Chrisman Fox Terry Chrisman Fox receives a lesson in dowsing from Melvin Dale Stewart while Martha Frances (Chrisman) Fox, William Irvin Fox and Frances Caroline Berta look on. January 1, 1966, Whitehaven (Memphis), Tennessee

  
  

  Documents

  Fox: Velma May Fox and Melvin Dale Stewart marriage announcement, 1937, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee