Robert Cottingham "Bob" Stevenson, Jr., 84, of Lusby, MD passed away on July 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. He was born on January 17, 1925 in Portsmouth, VA to the late Robert C. Stevenson, Sr. and Pearl Thomas.

He was the beloved husband of Mary Cleona Stevenson whom he married on January 23, 1951 in Forestville Methodist Church.

Bob served his country honorably in the US Army from 1943 – 1946. He went on to be an Emergency Dispatcher for the DC Fire Department and retired in 1976 after 25 years of service. Bob moved to Lusby, MD in 1977 from Prince George's Co. He was a substitute school bus driver for Prince George Co. and Calvert Co., a volunteer with District Heights and Morningside Fire Departments, a volunteer with Meals on Wheels for over 25 years, served on the Southern Pines Senior Council Board of Directors, was a member of the American Legion Post 274, Solomons Civic Association, the Major of Gregg Drive in Lusby, and loved roller skating.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents and his siblings, Richard Stevenson, Harriett LeSuer, Alton Wood, and William Wood.

He was survived by his wife of 58 years Mary Cleona Stevenson of Lusby, MD; children, Robert C. Stevenson, III of Jacksonville, FL, Allen T Stevenson of Clinton, MD, Elmer W. Stevenson of Dayton FL, Russell Stevenson and Judy Lynn Meyers of Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Cleona M. Stevenson of Lusby, MD; siblings, Betty Moore and Marion Bailey of North Carolina, Chester Stevenson of LaPlata, MD, and John Stevenson of St. Leonard, MD; 15 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

A Memorial Service was held on Friday, July 24, 2009 at 11AM in the Rausch Funeral Home Chapel, Lusby, MD. Inurnment followed in the MD Veteran Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.