Noble Stuart

                    Noble Gilbert Stuart, 89, died Nov. 6, 2007, after several
                    years of failing health, having kept his sharp mind until his
                    death. The Logan County native was born Feb. 12, 1918.
                    He had lived in Bowling Green since 1954 and was a 
                    member of Stuart’s Chapel Methodist Church in Logan
                    County. He spent many years as a trained tool and die maker
                    at Holley Carburetor and was a machine shop teacher at
                    Bowling Green Vocational School. He spent his entire life
                    involved with music, having started singing cowboy/western
                    music with his sister and school friends as a young teenager.
                    He then started singing gospel music with friends and family
                    members before joining the Big Hope Quartet in the 1950s.
                    When his three daughters began showing an interest in
                    singing at early ages, he decided to leave the quartet and
                    focus on working with his children in their music. His greatest
                    pleasures in life were his family and southern gospel music.
                    He and his wife and three daughters traveled for more than
                    16 years performing in concerts as the Stuart Sisters Trio. 
                    Their travels spanned seven states on a continuous basis.
                    Many quartets, both professional and from surrounding 
                    states, sought the advice and solid wisdom of Noble Stuart.
                    Other interests included part-time farming and genealogy. 
                    He was a proud, active member of the Logan County Masonic
                    Lodge. He was a son of the late Roy and Minnie Stuart and
                    the husband of the late Ima Mae Stuart. He was preceded in
                    death by a daughter, Lana Stuart Miller; a sister, Velma
                    Stuart Hall; a brother, Willard Stuart; a granddaughter; and
                    two great-grandchildren.

                    Funeral is at 2 p.m. Monday at Hardy & Son Funeral Home,
                    Bowling Green chapel, with burial and a brief graveside
                    service Tuesday in Logan County.  Visitation is from 2 p.m.
                    to 7 p.m. Sunday and begins at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral
                    home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of
                    contributions to Feed the Children, P.O. Box 36, Oklahoma
                    City, OK 73101-0036 in memory of Mr. Stuart.  Survivors
                    include two daughters, Sandra Stuart Sells and her husband,
                    George, of Baton Rouge, La., and Norah Lee Stuart Allen
                    and her husband, Duane, of Hendersonville, Tenn.; a son-
                    in-law, Maurice Miller of Bowling Green; five grandchildren,
                    Dale Miller and his wife, Carol, Mindy Miller Alexander and
                    her husband, Seth, Jamie Allen Martin and her husband,
                    Paul, Dee Allen and George Sells IV and his wife, Julie; and
                    eight great-grandchildren.

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