Pastor Daniel B. Stewart, Jr.

Rev. Daniel Benjamin Stewart Jr. was born in Kissimmee Florida on March 15, 1930, to Daniel B. Stewart and Rosa Smith Stewart. He attended Kissimmee High School (l-12 grades) and after High School he decided to work odd jobs and referee basketball games for Central Florida High School. With Wilt Alexander (president of Florida Athletic Association). He joined the US. Army in 1951. He served a tour of duty in the Army and joined the US Air Force. He was trained to work in the medical field and served in the states and overseas. He retired after serving twenty one years and five months. He worked for Sears and for Orlando Regional Medical Center. For ten years. He was a member of Gorman Memorial Church of the Nazarene. Under the leadership of Rev. Archie Williams in July 1968.Rev. Williams transferred to a church in Detroit Michigan and Stewart and his family transferred from Orlando Air Force Base to McGuire Airforce Base in Wrightstown, New Jersey. From there he went on a tour of duty in Turkey. While there he was involved in many adventures with the church and his favorite was the search for Noah’s ark. He returned to McDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida where he retired and joined St. James A.ME. Zion Church. He was called to the ministry and Bishop James Wactor assigned him to Pastor at Zion Temple A.ME. Zion Church in Gainesville, Florida and later First AME Zion in Melbourne, Fla. Rev. Melvin Jenkins inert the Zion Connection to be the founder of Harvest Time Ministries and Worship Center .Rev. Stewart left the connection with him. Rev. Stewart and Dorothy Stewart served as Associate Minister's for fourteen years. Failing health caused him to leave Harvest Time and join the El Bethel Temple of Jesus under Senior Pastor, Bishop Edward Thomas and Pastor Carolyn Thomas, where he maintained his membership until his recent demise. Rev. Stewart loved his family and everyone else. His passion was calling and visiting sick people. He could hardly talk the day before he passed away but was asking for someone’s phone number who he heard was in the hospital. He loved to make people laugh. When you laugh you forget what the devil he would say. Rev. Stewart leaves Precious memories to his loving wife: Dorothy; Sons: William Bernard Stewart, Clarence Stewart, NC; Paul Counts, Jacksonville, FL; Mark (Kimbly) Rackard; Daughters: Venus Rackard, Sonya Rackard, LaBarbara (Talwinder) Dah, Goodyear Arizona; Twelve grandchildren, Nineteen great grandchildren, five great- great grandchildren, Two Sisters: Bertha Bryant, Kissimmee, FL; and Addie Cox, Orlando, FL; and a host of other nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. . ,

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Pastor Daniel B. Stewart, Jr.

March 15, 1930 - August 7, 2018