On December 23, 2007, RICHARD B. STEWART, SR. in Wetzel County Hospital in Martinsville, WV. Born in Pennsylvania, a son of the late Ira and Thelma Woolford Stewart. Richard was a retired employee of Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, MD. He was a life member of the Maryland State Game and Fish Protective Association. Richard was a US Army Veteran and a member of the Middlebourne Baptist Church, Middlebourne, WV. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Ethel Zadylak. Richard is survived by his wife Betsy Bennett Stewart; three sons, Richard B. Stewart, Jr. and his wife Mary Ann, Aaron B. Stewart and his wife Cindy and Avery B. Stewart and his wife Toni, all of Baltimore, MD; a daughter, Permilda Leehugh and her husband Jim of Shirley, WV; a brother John Stewart of Pennsylvania; two sisters Ruth Evans of PA and Janet Stewart, Baltimore, MD; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Middlebourne Baptist Church, Middlebourne, Wednesday December 26, 2 P.M. until time of service at 8 P.M. with Rev. Steve Delay officiating. Friends may call at the Duda-Ruck Funeral Home, 7922 Wise Avenue, Dundalk, MD, Thursday December 27 and Friday December 28, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Service will be held Saturday December 29, 11 A.M. at the Rosedale Baptist Church, Rosedale, MD. Interment to follow in Holly Hill Memorial Park, Middle River, MD.