Odas William Stewart
Dec. 24, 1919-May 20, 1964
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, May 21, 1964, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
Odas (Bill) Stewart, 44,of 999 S. 14th St., died unexpectedly at 11 p.m. Wednesday in Pawating Hospital, where he had been admitted earlier in the day.
Mr. Stewart, owner of the Zephyr Gas Station and Sport Center, was born Dec. 24, 1919, in Marion County, Tenn. He came to Niles from Lubbock, Tex., 18 years ago. He married LaVoe Carr Dec. 2, 1942, in Lubbock. She survives.
Other survivors include two sons, Howard, at home, and Odas C., a June graduate of Niles Senior High school; three brothers, Calvin, Chicago, Grady, Birmingham, England, and J.B., Dunlap, Tenn.; and five sisters, Mrs. Ira Rheal and Mrs. Ray Rheal, both of Whitwell, Tenn., Mrs. Ray Hitchcock and Mrs. Avery Land, both of Dunlap, and Mrs. Leonard Standifer, Fort Campbell, Ky.
He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Kiger Funeral Home. The Rev. Clifford Killian will officiate. Full military graveside rites will follow in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends are being received at the funeral home.