Happy Thanksgiving. We miss you very much. Wish you were here. We love you very much.

Did'nt quiet know if I would make it to this point. Still not sure how I will handle it, but it's not fr me to unerstand. All I need to know is everything is for a reason, and everyone serves a purpose and even if we can not, do not, or will not see it, it is still there it still exsist. The reason you are gone I will never understand. Your purpose was all to well planned. You where truely, honostly, and undenibly a God fearing, ginuine, sincere, dedicated Father, Brother, Son, and Friend. My Love, my heart, my memories, my soul forever filled with you. Then, now, and when tomorrow comes I'm never alone. Before, in, out, and beyond the grave. God put you in my life fovever and always. I may not see you, but I still hear your voice, feel your Love, since your presents, every kiss and hug. Though all I own are pictures... I charish what no one else can see I charish our bond love and trust that wont fade. Life, Death, it does'nt matter cause you still live inside of me and it can never betaken away. I love U . Happy Birthday XOXOX

In about three weeks you will be fourty one. Your favorite chocolate cake from Red Ribbon will be lit up with fourty one candles. I know the cake is not that big so maybe just the numbers four and one will do. We love you and miss you. I know that one day we will see you. You told me that you knew Jesus was waiting for you at the other end. I knew that also. He waits for me too. But not for awhile. I will be there too. We love you and Happy Birthday.

Fred you ARE my friend , my confidant, the grand intellectual that could understand a multitude of subjects and scenarios. You are my brother in the Lord, thank you for your words of love and wisdom from a kind and Godly MAN. I look forward to reuniting with you in His presence to continue our friendship into eternity. I  miss our chats already.  You have left your mark on my life and your positive words of encouragement will always be with me.

I will not say goodbye, I choose to say "see you later"

Fred, I really did not know you that well, but you always had a smile and a way about you that brought comfort to every one you met. Yes, you will be missed by all, but now you are doing what you loved and that is playing your music, but this time it is for God's Band..

Fred was always so interesting...I would always seek him out when ever I could because I never knew where our conversations would go. I will miss his friendship and his vast knowledge on everything.

Fred you were family to us. Thank you for showing us real love, friendship and for all the laughter. There are so many inside jokes and stories that I will carry.. the kids will carry.. with us always. We don't have the words to describe the grief and loss. You are now with our Father in Heaven.!  You will be with us in all we do. I wish you could see how much you were loved.

Fred

You brought so much joy to our family and my grandchildren.  You will forever be a part of our family and a treasured memory for all of us. Thank you for investing so much of yourself in Amy and the boys.  You were an incredible big brother and we will miss you greatly.  It is so exciting to know that you will be spending Christmas with Jesus!  God bless you and the legacy of love you left behind.

Tom & Marilou Scruggs

No words can describe the loss that is felt.  You have touch so many lives with wisdom and laughter.  You will never be forgotten.

Open meadows of gold and lilac illuminated by a light so dazzling, my mind should not comprehend it…yet it does! A sweet fragrance wraps itself around my senses bringing immeasurable joy to my heart. I am flying free, caught up with the rapturous wind. My whole life I longed for a place I had never been, and my heart was sick for a home I had never seen. For this place, for this time.

Suddenly I see them…the multitudes! I laugh out loud as they join me in the dance! I see them…my brothers, my sisters, my daughters, my sons, my friends, we are joined together now in harmonious union, never to be parted.

“Come!” I shout. “Let us run and not grow weary, let us climb mountains with hind's feet and find the High Places!”

A rush of powerful Love pushes us onward and upward. We should not be able to contain the sheer bliss and jubilation. Our minds would surely go mad! Yet we contain it, we embrace it, we drink it in deeply.

As we move forward, we are surrounded by song. I glance above and see the Heavenly Host, giving praise to the Most High. The language is foreign yet the meaning clear. They give utterances of pure adoration. They, too, are overjoyed at my arrival.

And then suddenly my heart screams out, “He is here! He is here!”

For there He stands. My Lord, my Master, my King. The One whom my soul loves is before me now. I had never known love until now. What I had thought was love, was simply a shadow of what was to come. In a twinkling of an eye, it all is made clear.

I can no longer fly. I fall silently to the translucent gold street, finding my way to my heart's desire, to the place I sought in my dreams. Finally I fall gladly at the wondrous and scarred feet of my Beloved, content to live there for eternity.

Yet He wants more. With a thrill indescribable I feel His hand rest on my head, gently stroking my hair. I know He wants me to look up, but I feel afraid. What if He is angry with me? What if I have failed Him? I know I have.

Slowly I look up into the most beautiful face ever known. I begin to weep as His eyes rest upon mine. I cannot bear to look, He is too magnificent. Yet I must. And to my wonderment there is no anger in His gaze, there is only joy and love. And He is wearing a smile just for me! All fears roll away as peace rushes in, and He utters the words I have hoped for, nay, words I have longed for with all of my being. 

“Well done, my child. Enter into My Kingdom.”

I am home.

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Fred Darrow Stewart III

November 26, 1971 – December 4, 2011

Draper Mortuary

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