Ted R. Stuart

Ted Roger Stuart

63, a resident of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, passed away September 11, 2009 near Prairie Grove, Arkansas. He was born July 30, 1946 in Sweetwater, Texas, the son of Tommie and Mary Helen Roden Stuart

Ted grew up in Texas at various ranches managed by his father. He attended Henderson County Junior College in Athens, Texas where he played football. His team won the Jr. College Rosebowl in Pasadena, California. He went on to play football on scholarship at the University of New Mexico. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. Later he studied Philosophy at Tulsa University and then Horticulture at Oklahoma State University. After spending time in the Army reserves, he worked as a Bank Examiner with home base in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He later became a Vice President of a bank in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. After studying Horticulture he found his true career path and worked as a Landscape Maintenance supervisor for 27 years. He and his wife, Marcia, moved to Prairie Grove in 1976 and have made this area their home since. Most recently he was semi-retired and worked part time at Colonia Hills Landscaping. He truly loved his family, the wonders of nature and taking care of his land and home on Cove Creek.

Survivors include his wife, Marcia of the home; daughter, Anne Thurman and her husband, Guy and grandchildren, Collin and Eli and daughter, Brooke Chandler and her husband, Matt and grandchild, Kayla; his mother, Mary Helen Stuart of Dripping Springs, Texas; two brothers, Mike Stuart of Cane Hill, Arkansas and Tommie Stuart of Dripping Springs, Texas; one sister, Barbara Wolf of Giddings, Texas.

Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 1:00 P.M. at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Arkansas with Bob Holland officiating.

Memorials may be made to the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, P.O. Box 10407 Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703 or Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201.