Herbert Preston Stewart

STEWART

HERBERT PRESTON STEWART

September 23, 1936 - December 10, 2023



At 6:50 a.m. on Sunday, December 10 in the year of our Lord 2023, Herbert Stewart left us to join his mother, father, four sisters, and brother. He is survived by his loving wife Kay Walker Stewart, his two children, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. "G", "G-Daddy" and "Mr. Herb" as he was known to those who loved him was a good man, a wonderful father, and an amazing husband. He was born and raised in Norfolk Virginia, where in 8th grade he met his best friend and wife of 67 years â€" Kay. They met in the hallway of Ruffner Middle School where G was the captain of the 2nd Floor Hall Monitors, and Kay was so taken by his poise and new high-and-tight haircut that she circled the hallway countless times until he took notice. Their young love flourished, and they wed in 1956.



G was a French horn player, and he lugged that horn all over Norfolk after school and on Friday nights after football games to see the love of his life â€" Kay. As with everything he did, he was meticulous, and practiced â€" and he excelled at the French Horn. He sat with the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra as a high schooler and was offered a scholarship to play in the University of Michigan marching band. After high school, Mom and Dad moved 17 times, with only one move outside of Virginia to Fort Campbell Kentucky when G was called up to active duty during the Berlin Crisis.



G spent 38 years working for Norfolk Southern Railroad where he climbed from a secretary to the executive vice president, to the Director of Pricing Services in the Marketing Department. To make that climb, he knew he needed a college degree, so with two young children at home, he applied to George Washington University and spent the next seven years in night school.



He retired at 58 and Herb and Kay spent the next 30 years being the most amazing parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents a family could have. G â€" You provided for us, you taught, and loved us. We love you G! We do it for you! We do it 4G!



Services will be held on January 6, 2024, at 11 a.m. in Trinity United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. A reception will follow the Service in the Fellowship Hall. The burial will be a private service at Arlington National Cemetery.



Dad loved kids, so if you are moved to send flowers, please instead donate to the INOVA Children's Hospital in Herb's name- http://tinyurl.com/zeyf5zan