Funeral services for Joe L. Stuart age 80 of Forsyth, Missouri will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at Greenlawn Funeral Home in Branson with Rev. Jeramie Henson officiating. Burial will follow in the Brown Cemetery in Cedar Creek, Missouri.
He died Saturday, April 30, 2011 at his home in Forsyth, Mo.
Joe was born on March 30, 1931 in Kissee Mills, Missouri the son of Joseph Franklin and Pearl McKinzie Stuart. He was a lifelong resident of Taney County. He was a U. S. Army veteran serving during the Korean War. He and his wife were the owners and operators of the Fox Café in Forsyth, Missouri from 1961 until 1990. Joe was united in marriage to Ida Boyd on June 12, 1955 in Harrison, Arkansas and to this union was born five sons.
Survivors are his four sons: Randy Stuart of Tyler, Texas, Alan Stuart of Branson, Mo., Bradley Stuart and Tim Stuart both of Forsyth, Missouri. One sister, Bernadine Edwards of Ozark, Missouri, 8 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Ida, one son, Dean, brothers, Carl, Raymond, Donald and Bill and sisters, Ruth Loftis and Dessie Davidson.
Visitation will be from 6 until 8 PM Tuesday in Greenlawn Funeral Home in Branson.