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Services Announced For Retired Fire Chief Robert Stewart
May 8, 2012
Funeral arrangements have been announced for Robert Stewart, the former chief of the Walnut Hill Volunteer Fire Department who passed away on Sunday at age 62.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 6–9 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home in Atmore. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home in Atmore with the Rev. Homer Stewart and Rev. Kevin Stott officiating. Burial will follow at the Godwin Cemetery in Bratt.
Stewart will receive a full fireman’s funeral. His coffin will be carried atop an Escambia Fire Rescue truck along the funeral route — from Petty Eastside Chapel on Highway 31 west of Atmore, through downtown Atmore along Highway 21 to Highway 97 in Florida, and west on Highway 4 to Godwin Cemetery. The public is invited to line the funeral procession route to pay respects to the man that first began answering fire calls 35 years ago.
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May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Fare thee well Old Friend