Obituary from the Danks' Funeral Home on 5/28/15.

Glen Stewart, 86, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at his residence. He was born on March 29, 1929, in Echols, to the late Lofton D. and Mary Jane Fulkerson Stewart.

He was a member of Rockport Baptist Church, U.S. Navy Veteran of the Korean War, and retired electrician for Peabody Coal Company. Glen also was a member IBEW and worked on many building across the country such as the Time Life Building in New York. He was very proud of climbing to the top of the TVA Smoke Stacks where he put the lights on them. Glen was avid hunter enjoying turkey, deer, and quail hunting with his bird dogs.

Beside his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Jim Stewart and Duane "Buck" Stewart. Survivors include his wife of 67 years Coleen Hoskins Stewart, of Rockport; one son, Joel Seth (Marcia) Stewart, of Echols; one daughter, Leah Michelle Stewart, of Rockport; two sisters-n-law, Margie Stewart and Hilma Stewart, both of Beaver Dam. Glen was blessed with two grandchildren, Justin Bradley Stewart, and Allison Renee Stewart; and one great-grandchild, Casen Wyatt Stewart, and two stepgreat-grandchildren, Jayden Bullock, and Aiden Bullock.

Funeral service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 29, at William L. Danks Funeral Home, in Beaver Dam, with Rev. Charles Brownd and Rev. Brent Howard officiating. Burial will be in Pond Run Cemetery in Echols with military honors provided by the Wesley Phelps Honor Guard. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m., Thursday and 9 a.m. until time of service Friday at the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Hospice of Ohio County 107 Gillespie Street, Hartford, KY 42347. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.

Bette Tooley just wanted a small house in the Rockport Area after graduation from High School in 1947. She obtained her teaching degree from Western Kentucky University and started her teaching career at Rockport. She married James E. Curtis and they built that nice house that they both wanted in Rockport, Kentucky. For a current picture and more of a write-up on Bette, please click on the following link.

Bette Tooley Curtis

Coleen Hoskins knew that she wanted to be a school teacher by the time that she graduated from Rockport High School in 1947. She also knew that she wanted to be married to Glen Stewart. She combined both. Coleen enrolled at Western Kentucky Teacher's College to pursue a degree in Elementary Education and married Glen. She taught in some of the one-room schools while seeking her degree.

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Gladys Robinson married James B. Reid soon after graduating from Rockport High School in 1947. The military draft was in effect and her new husband, a Rockport High School Graduate a few years earlier, was called to serve his country. James "Buddy" Reid and Gladys tried several business ventures before Buddy went to work for Peabody Coal. The couple lived in Rockport for several years before deciding to move to Beaver Dam. After the move to Beaver Dam, Gladys started working for BB&S Florist and continued with them for a period of over thirty years.

BEAVER DAM -- Gladys Robinson Reid, 80, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, at Owensboro Medical Health System. She was born Nov. 19, 1928, to the late Harlan L. Robinson and Ruth Quinn Robinson. She was a lifelong member of the Beaver Dam Baptist Church, where she was active for many years in Sunday school serving as class secretary. She also served for many years as a volunteer election official during numerous local elections, and she worked for BB & S Florist in Beaver Dam for more than 30 years. She was preceded in death by her husband James B. "Buddy" Reid; her son James B. Reid Jr.; her brother, Bert Robinson; and her sister, Gertrude Tomerlin.

Survivors include a son, John Reid of Georgetown; her daughter-in-law, Nancy Reid-Brown of Georgetown; two grandchildren, Shannon Reid Shepherd (Jason) and Jack Reid (Susan); and five great-grandchildren, Jackson Shepherd, James Shepherd, Lexie Shepherd, Riley Shepherd and Taylor Reid, all of Georgetown.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, with the Rev. Glenn Armstrong officiating. Burial will be in Reid Cemetery in Rockport, Ky. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

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Marjorie Elder started working for the big General Electric Tube Plant in Owensboro soon after graduating from high school in Rockport, Kentucky in 1947. A short time later she married Duane "Buckie " Stewart. Buckie got a good job with Peabody Coal Company, Ken Mine and worked a few years. The itch for "Construction Work" got to him and Margie followed Buckie to Detroit and other parts of the country. Several years of living away from family and friends in Rockport was enough for the traveling pair and they decided to come back to Kentucky. For more information and a picture of Margie,please visit the following web page.

Martha Rains was another one of those Rockport High School Students that just seemed to disappear after her class graduated from high school. Martha was on schedule to graduate from Rockport in 1947, but for some reason, was not in the graduating class. I do not know much about Martha and will tell you more that I have facts about. I think that Martha was a brother to Nick Rains and they lived with their mother in a house behind the Rockport Baptist Church. Nick Rains was an older brother, and he stayed in the Rockport Area until his mother died. Nick was another one of the older Rockport residents that always just seemed to be around for the generation that I grew up with. His mother was a sweet old lady, the custodian for the Baptist Church, and always seemed to be present anytime the Church doors were open. She and I were "Good Buddies" and she would tell me about Nick and a daughter. I can't remember ever seeing the daughter and I am most certain that daughter was Martha. I will update this paragraph if and when more information becomes available.

Anona Kimmel graduated from Rockport High School in 1947. I would guess that she was a member of the Kimmel families that lived on the Ceralvo Road. I can remember some of the Kimmel's or at least the name Kimmel, but I do not remember Anona. I will add more to this paragraph if I can obtain any more information.

Jane O'Brien was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence O'Brien and a 1947 Rockport High School Graduate. They lived next to the school and she probably had less distance to travel to get to school that about anyone else. She was from a large family and it seems that there was an O'Brien in school at Rockport from the early forties until the last year of school in 1966. To view a current picture and a more complete write-up on Jane, please click on the following link.

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