When Shirdie E Stewart was born on 5 November 1899, in Arkansas, United States, his father, William Nathaniel Stewart, was 33 and his mother, Mollie M Long, was 22. He married Pearlee Hart on 22 August 1920, in Mississippi, Missouri, United States. He lived in Buffalo Township, Craighead, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years and Hays Township, Greene, Arkansas, United States in 1930. He died on 15 August 1966, in Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, United States.