Jerry Lee Stewart, former vice president of marketing and sales at Gold Kist, passed away in Atlanta September 6 at the age of 77.
Jerry was born in 1939 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan to Albert and Lillian Stewart. He graduated Jacksonville State University in 1963 with a degree in business. He worked for Gold Kist Poultry for 42 years, starting with a broom in his hand and retiring as the vice president of marketing and sales. A consummate salesman, he was responsible for significantly expanding the international poultry market.
Jerry is survived by his wife, Carolyn Thomas Stewart; his sister, June Norman; his children, Lee and Lisa Stewart of Armuchee, Georgia and Gabel and Polly Holder of Monroe, Georgia; his grandchildren, Olivia Grace Stewart and Lily Kate Holder, and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his sister, Vicki Marchman.
Jerry was an avid outdoorsman and horseman with a love for adventure. He fished or hunted on six continents and skied, snow-mobiled, and horse camped all across North America.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the charity of your choice, the Alzheimer’s Foundation, or Halcyon Hospice.
