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officer in the Navy Reserves Security Group. He
served as the Commanding Officer of the Reserve
stations in Austin, Brownwood, and Shreveport.
During his last years of active Navy service, Ewart
taught exceptional Navy and Marine enlisted He started as a Floridian and
personnel in the Navy/Marine Enlisted Scientific became a self-declared Texan,
Education Program (NESEP), which helped but his wanderlust has led
students receive their commissions as officers. He to crisscrossing the nation in
retired from the Navy at the rank of Commander. several recreational vehicles
for over 60 years. After their
Ewart’s community service includes 60 years of retirement from teaching,
membership in the Lion’s Club, which he still Ewart and Lillie traveled full-
attends regularly. He continues to attend meetings time in their RV, logging over
of the Wally Byam Airstream RV Caravan Club as a million miles. Ewart notes,
he has for over 55 years, and for which he served “I’ve tremendously enjoyed traveling and meeting so
as the International Club President. He also attends many new friends.” Ewart and Lillie were married for 70
the Greater Lubbock Chapter of Military Officers years and parted when Lillie passed away from COVID-19
Association of America. in 2020. They have one daughter.

Ewart remains an avid reader. He rarely reads Ewart is currently writing his memoir and is finishing a
fewer than four books at any one time. Over the spy novel. He has plans to write several short stories after
years he has enjoyed playing cards and domino completing his novel. Ewart tells young people, “Get an
games, fishing, hang gliding, and designing fishing education and don’t worry. If you stay close to God, you
tools and hang gliders, but traveling is his passion. won’t have to worry!”

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