September 26 2009

Minor Carey Seward, 86, departed this life on September 24, 2009 at home surrounded by his family.

He was born March 8, 1923 at High Point, NC, and spent his formative years in Richmond, VA. He joined the Navy during his freshman year at Virginia Tech in 1941, serving during WWII as a fighter pilot in the Pacific Theater flying Hellcats from the carrier USS Langley. He resumed his studies at Virginia Tech after the war graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Seward was a design engineer for DuPont's Power Design Division in Waynesboro, VA, Wilmington, DE, Camden, SC, and finally at Louviers in Newark. He was also an avid golfer, woodworker, and gardener.

He is survived by Mary Lee Seward, his devoted wife for 65 years, and his four sons, Michael and his wife Candy, Richard, David and his wife Pam, and Robert and his wife Cami, and his daughter-in-law Julie. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Paul and his wife Debbie, Carey, Hadley, Lee, Marian, Rob and Anna; two great grandchildren, Olivia and Jack; sister, Anne Allen and her husband, Stuart; and half-siblings, Rosemary, Glenn, Thelma, Paul and Bonnie.