Charles A. 'Peter Rabbit' Stewart, 85

SEAFORD - Charles A. "Peter Rabbit' Stewart, of Seaford, passed away Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007, at the Lewes Convalescent Center. He was 85.

He was born April 3, 1922, in Laurel, son of the late Alexander and Evelyn Smith Stewart.

Mr. Stewart was a World War II Army veteran, serving his country from 1942-45.

He worked for the Delaware Department State Highway for many years before retiring.

Mr. Stewart was a member of New Zion United Methodist Church in Laurel, and was also a member of the Roger Gumby American Legion Post 19 in Laurel.

His wife, Emma E. Kellam Stewart, preceded him in death, as well as a sister, Eunice Fountain.

He is survived by a son, Charles Elester Floyd Stewart of Vero Beach, Fla.; a daughter, Evelyn E. Maddox and her husband Phillip T. Maddox Sr. of Seaford; four grandchildren, Phillip T. Maddox Jr. and his wife Michelle of Laurel, Md., Tikiah D. Brown and her husband James of Newark, Shnea D. Stewart of Vero Beach, and Jamie A. Swain and her husband Kenneth of Lawnside, N.J.; nine great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday in New Zion United Methodist Church in Laurel, where friends may call two hours prior. The Rev. Timothy Duffield will officiate.

Interment will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Laurel.

Funeral services entrusted to Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg, Md.