TUSCALOOSA Daniel Lucius Stewart, age 68, of Tuscaloosa, died March 4, 2011. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Heritage Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. LaDon Brackin officiating. Burial will follow in Tuscaloosa Memorial Park with Heritage Chapel Funeral Home & Cremations, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. He was preceded in death by his father, Daniel L. Stewart, Jr. and mother, Edna Hardin Cooper.He is survived by his daughter, Susan Stewart Boston (Jeremy); son, Joseph Alexander "Jay" Stewart; sisters, Carolyn Stewart Barrett (Jerry), Nancy Gericke (Frank), and Patricia Parker (Paul); brothers, Edward H. Cooper and Richard M. Stewart; step-father, DeLoyd Cooper; and grandson, Benjamin J. Stewart.Dan was a business graduate of U of A. He retired as an insurance underwriter having worked in Birmingham and Atlanta. He was also retired from the Alabama National Guard as a Special Forces Paratrooper with over 100 jumps. Dan was a person of many interests and talents. He was a lover of music and travel. He was knowledgeable in history and active in his high school reunion group. He programmed websites for that group and for the 275th Field Artillery Unit. Dan earned a black belt in Judo and won many trophies in tournaments.Dan loved his family and delighted in being a grandfather to grandson, Ben.For the last few years, Dan was lovingly cared for at LaRocca Nursing Home.Pallbearers will be family members.Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Christopher Laganke, the staff of LaRocca Nursing Home, and Tuscaloosa High School class of 1961.In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to National MS Society, P.O. Box 4527, New York, N.Y. 10163