Gary Steber

Gary was born in Mobile, AL on January 29, 1937. He graduated from Murphy High School in

Mobile, AL and then entered The University of the South at Sewanee, TN. After serving in the

Air Force, Gary went to Yale University for a Masters in Forestry and worked in the forest

industry in Alabama and TN and then for the US Forest Service.

Gary was called to ministry and attended seminary at The University of the South and served as

a minister of various Episcopal Churches in Alabama and North Carolina and retired from St.

Alban’s Episcopal Church in 2002 in Davidson, NC. He particularly enjoyed the process of

growing and building St. Alban’s parish.

Gary was a pioneer and true renaissance man, serving many roles and building a loving,

inclusive community everywhere he went. He never met a stranger and embraced his many

talents and interests, from paper boy to fighter pilot to minister to home inspector to incredible

father and husband. He had a life-long love of the outdoors, having hiked half of the

Appalachian Trail and able to identify all native trees.

Gary is survived by his loving wife of 39 years, Linda, Davidson, NC; four children, Laurie (Dan

Gitomer), Rome, GA, Alison (Andrew) Foster, Roswell, GA, David (Kate), Durham, NC and

Rachel (Chris Rempert), Washington, D.C.; along with four grandchildren, Nicholas and William

Foster, Adrienne and Jack Steber.

He is predeceased by his parents, David Nelson and Sydney Cherry Barnes Steber and brother,

Alan Barnes Steber.

The family would like to thank Michelle Cherry, Bayada Home Health, The Spires at Berry

College, Neil Coleman, his Aussie mate; and the number of people who continued to visit; for

their loving care over the past 9 years.

A memorial service will be held at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Davidson, NC on Saturday,

August 7 at 4pm. The family will greet guests afterwards in the narthex. Please wear a mask.

The service will be streamed.

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Gifts may be made to St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, www.stalbansdavidson.org , The University

of the South General Scholarship Fund, https://new.sewanee.edu , or The Appalachian Trail

Conservancy, https://appalachiantrail.org .