Charles Alfred Seward Sr.

Charles Alfred Seward, Sr. of Centreville, MD died at the Chester River Hospital Center, Chestertown, MD on Wednesday, June 6, 2007. He was 83. Born February 14, 1924 in Grasonville, MD, he was the son of the late John Franklin and Florence Rebecca Clevenger Seward. After attending school he began working with his father at Friel’s Lumberyard as a young boy. He enlisted in the U.S. Army arriving in Pearl Harbor the day after the attack. Following his release from active duty he returned home and married the former Irene Ramona Cole in 1948. Known by all as “Hucklebuck” as a Roadsmen, for the Queen Anne’s County Roads, he worked his way up, through hard work and sweat, from a laborer to the position of General Foreman. A position that was created just for him and closed after his retirement in 1991. He was a jack of all trades, winning the admiration and friendship of everyone he met along the way with both his work ethics and his warm wonderful personality. He had his “Hucklebuck” Shop where he enjoyed doing small engine repairs. He loved being around babies and children and most especially his grandbabies. In addition to his wife of 59 years, Mr. Seward is survived by two sons, Charles Alfred Seward, Jr. of Chestertown, MD and John Franklin Seward of Baltimore, MD; two daughters, Anna Marie Wallace of Pace, FL and Lisa Ramona Connell of Centreville, MD; a sister, Jean Radcliffe of Grasonville, MD and a brother, John E. Seward of Ridgely, MD; nine grandchildren, Tracy Wallace Rogers, Eric Richard Wallace, Charlotte Marie Seward, Jeren Ramona Connell, Ashlyn Leigh Connell, Eiann Seward Connell, Jordan Dane Seward, Brooke Elizabeth Seward and Matthew Cole Seward and four great grandchildren, Cameron Alexis Rogers, Ava Simone Wallace, Gavin Scott Rogers and Colin Wallace Rogers. He was pre-deceased by an infant daughter, Florence Irene Seward in 1948; nine sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be held at the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A., Centreville, MD on Saturday, June 9, 2007 at 1:00 PM where friends may call from 11 – 1PM. Burial will be at Chesterfield Cemetery, Centreville, MD. Memorial donations may be made to the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, One St. Jude Place Bldg. Dept. 300, Memphis, TN 38148-0552.