Lt. Col. Ernest D. Stewart, Sr., Retired, 91, of Germantown, Tennessee died December 17, 2010 at Methodist Germantown Hospital. The family will receive friends on Monday, December 27 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens on Poplar Avenue. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, December 28 beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the rotunda at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. Mr. Stewart was preceded in death by his wife Virginia Stewart. He is survived by his only son Ernest D. Stewart, Jr. of Germantown, TN; and cousins William A. Stewart of Bartlett, TN, Inez Lofton & Ernestine Harris of Nashville, TN, and Anne Estile of N.C. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.memphisfuneralhome.net.