1937
Joseph
2021
Joseph Wheeler Newton
April 23, 1937 — September 23, 2021
Mr. Newton was a native of Langdale, Alabama and a member of Broad Street Baptist Church.He was a textile Manager with Best Manufacturing and Opelika Manufacturing Co. He was a retired Veteran of the Navy, Army and National Guard. Mr. Newton was a member of the Lions Club and the VFW. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl Wheeler and Celia Adams Newton; wife, Rita Janice Holland Newton and a son, John Wheeler Newton.
Those left to forever cherish his memory include his daughters, Joan Newton Gordon (Shann) of Hawkinsville, Ga., Leah Newton McLeod (Marty) of Pinehurst, Ga. and Lisa Newton Long (Michael A.) of Haynesville Ga.; brother, Robert Earl Newton (Delores) of Cusseta Alabama; sisters, Annette Newton Hurd (Retired General Joseph Hurd) of Savannah, Tennessee and Teresa Newton Setherton (Don) of Valley, Alabama; 9 grandchildren: Jordan, Dalton, Spencer, Sydney, Maddy, Madison, Kendall, Nathan and Magan; 2 great grandchildren, Roman and Reid.
Clark Funeral Home of Hawkinsville, Georgia is in charge of localarrangements. Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in charge of arrangements in Valley, Alabama.
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