Rear Admiral Everette Stumbaugh, US Navy (Ret.)

CARY - Rear Admiral Everette Stumbaugh, United States Navy (Ret.), aged 87, died on February 27, 2025, at the Transitions LifeCare Hospice Home in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a resident of Glenaire Care Retirement Community in Cary, North Carolina. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Susan Crosser Stumbaugh, a daughter, two grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

He was born and raised in Clarksville, Arkansas, the son of Everette D. and Lona Dickerson Stumbaugh. He graduated from Clarksville High School and received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Juris Doctor Degrees from the University of Arkansas and a Master of Laws in Public International and Comparative Law (with the highest honors) from The George Washington University National Law Center in Washington, DC.

Rear Admiral Stumbaugh enlisted as a Seaman Recruit in the United States Naval Reserve in 1955 and retired from the United States Navy in 1990 after having served as the 32nd Judge Advocate General of the Navy. Other senior assignments included Commanding Officer Naval Legal Service Office, Yokosuka, Japan; Senior Legal Advisor to Commander, United States Pacific Command in Hawaii; and Deputy Judge Advocate General of the Navy. After retirement from the Navy, he served as Executive Director of the American Inns of Court Foundation in Alexandria, Virginia. In addition to his Navy and non-profit careers, he engaged in the private practice of law in Arkansas from 1966 to 1970.

Cremation was arranged by Bryan-Lee Funeral Home in Raleigh, North Carolina and his ashes will be inurned in the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.