The Honorable Forrest Elmo Stewart
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The Honorable Forrest Elmo Stewart
July 18, 1926 - August 29, 2016
The Honorable Forrest
Elmo Stewart, 90, of Rye, Texas, died peacefully in his home, Monday, August
29, 2016. He was born on July 18, 1926, in Beaumont, to Bertha
Barnes Stewart and Silas Agusta Stewart, on the street which is now named
Florida Street.
Judge Stewart attended
Lamar University and graduated from Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy with a
degree in Engineering in 1946. After he served briefly in the Merchant Marine,
he attended the University of California Berkley. Judge went on to graduate
with a J.D. in Law from The Bates College of Law at the University of Houston
in 1956, and later received a Masters of International Law from New York
University in 1965.
Judge served our
country and retired as a Captain from the United States Coast Guard and also served
in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, or J.A.G. He went on to become an
Administrative Law Judge for the Federal Government, retiring in 2005 with over
fifty years of federal service.
He is survived by his
wife, Michelle Leona Stewart; her daughter, Siobhan Mary Smith and husband,
Larry Wayne Smith; daughter, Julia Stewart Mashburn and husband, Joseph Laing
Mashburn; son, Paul Forrest Stewart and wife, Deborah Rupp Stewart;
grandchildren, Mars Mashburn and wife, Laurey LuCree; Kelly Stewart McKemy and
husband, Justin McKemy; Crystal Rupp, Brittni Rupp, and Honey Victoria Smith; great-grandughter,
Evaiah; and good friend and ex-wife of forty-four years, Betty Leventon
Stewart.
He is preceded in death
by his parents; brothers, Claude and Vernon Stewart; and sister, Eunice
Ashworth.
A gathering of Mr.
Stewart’s family and friends will be from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 pm, Friday,
September 2, 2016, at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont. A graveside
service will follow at 3:00 p.m., at Magnolia Cemetery, 2291 Pine Street,
Beaumont.
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