1922
Dwight
2022
Dwight Stokes
November 4, 1922 — January 14, 2022
Dwight Thurlow Stokes, age 99, of Stewart, Tennessee, passed away on the afternoon of Friday, January 14, 2022.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, January 20, 2022 at Leatherwood Asbury Church, 2912 Leatherwood Road, with his daughter, Linda Watters, officiating. Burial and Military Honors will be held privately in the Stokes Family Cemetery, Green Cathedral.
The Stokes & Watters family will receive friends at 1:30 p.m. until the hour of service at the church.
Dwight was born on November 4, 1922 in Kewanee, New Madrid County, Missouri, son of Horace and Minnie Wynn Stokes.
He served in the US Army during World War II in The European Theater and survived the famous Battle of the Bulge in the grueling winter of 1944, a battle referred to by Sir Winston Churchill as “undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war.”
Dwight put family first in everything he did, creating a prosperous life for his bride, Ruth, from their marriage in August, 1945 through their 76th wedding anniversary this past year. After the war, he served his community as a teacher and school principal for over twenty-five years in California and Illinois which gave him the opportunity to share his love of history with countless Middle School and High School students.
His retirement to Stewart County, Tennessee in 1975 saw him camping, farming, raising cattle and enjoying his beautiful garden each year while staying involved with his horses alongside his children and grandchildren who shared his equine passion. During recent years, his trusty pup, Shadow, was always by his side.
In addition to his parents, he is now reunited in heaven with his sister, Reva Marie Stokes Morris, and his brothers, Charles Stokes and Raymond Stokes. Survivors include his loving wife of 76 years, Ruth Jeanne Jarvis Stokes, daughter, Linda Stokes Watters & Chris (Stewart), and son Greg Stokes (Kewanee, IL). His grandchildren include Rebecca Watters (Nashville), Kathryn Watters Van Fleet (Lexington, KY), Annie Rusk (Kewanee, IL), Adam Watters & Joyce (Stewart), Melissa Watters Cavallini & Kent (Stewart), Ethan Watters & Mandy (Maryville), Julia Watters Wilson & Chris (Martin) and Lydia Watters (Seattle, WA). He delighted in his thirteen great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Leatherwood Asbury Church, designated for missions, 2912 Leatherwood Rd, Stewart, TN, 37175.
Arrangements are in the care of Nave Funeral Home, (931) 289-4277, NaveFuneralHomes.com
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, January 20, 2022 at Leatherwood Asbury Church, 2912 Leatherwood Road, with his daughter, Linda Watters, officiating. Burial and Military Honors will be held privately in the Stokes Family Cemetery, Green Cathedral.
The Stokes & Watters family will receive friends at 1:30 p.m. until the hour of service at the church.
Dwight was born on November 4, 1922 in Kewanee, New Madrid County, Missouri, son of Horace and Minnie Wynn Stokes.
He served in the US Army during World War II in The European Theater and survived the famous Battle of the Bulge in the grueling winter of 1944, a battle referred to by Sir Winston Churchill as “undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war.”
Dwight put family first in everything he did, creating a prosperous life for his bride, Ruth, from their marriage in August, 1945 through their 76th wedding anniversary this past year. After the war, he served his community as a teacher and school principal for over twenty-five years in California and Illinois which gave him the opportunity to share his love of history with countless Middle School and High School students.
His retirement to Stewart County, Tennessee in 1975 saw him camping, farming, raising cattle and enjoying his beautiful garden each year while staying involved with his horses alongside his children and grandchildren who shared his equine passion. During recent years, his trusty pup, Shadow, was always by his side.
In addition to his parents, he is now reunited in heaven with his sister, Reva Marie Stokes Morris, and his brothers, Charles Stokes and Raymond Stokes. Survivors include his loving wife of 76 years, Ruth Jeanne Jarvis Stokes, daughter, Linda Stokes Watters & Chris (Stewart), and son Greg Stokes (Kewanee, IL). His grandchildren include Rebecca Watters (Nashville), Kathryn Watters Van Fleet (Lexington, KY), Annie Rusk (Kewanee, IL), Adam Watters & Joyce (Stewart), Melissa Watters Cavallini & Kent (Stewart), Ethan Watters & Mandy (Maryville), Julia Watters Wilson & Chris (Martin) and Lydia Watters (Seattle, WA). He delighted in his thirteen great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Leatherwood Asbury Church, designated for missions, 2912 Leatherwood Rd, Stewart, TN, 37175.
Arrangements are in the care of Nave Funeral Home, (931) 289-4277, NaveFuneralHomes.com
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