Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Newman, John Morgan "Jim"  August 25 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
John Morgan "Jim" Newman 
Services: Sat., Aug. 28, 2004, 4p.m.

John Morgan "Jim" Newman, long time resident of Tehachapi, California, died 
Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at home surrounded by his large, loving family. Jim 
was born in Muldrow, Oklahoma on January 28, 1936 to Jessie (Chitwood-Spencer) 
and Henry C. Newman. He retired from the California Correctional Institution 
in 1998, after a 17 year career as a Correctional Officer and a highly 
respected Correctional Counselor. He served in the United States Air Force for 
four years, mostly in the remote sections of Alaska. Prior to beginning his 
career in state corrections, Jim was well known in Bakersfield due to his 
involvement in the Alcohol/Drug treatment community and his employment with 
the Sheriffs Department. He was a past member of the Kern County Alcohol 
Advisory Board, and former Director of Carter Hall, a treatment home for 
women. Jim worked for the Kern County Sheriffs Department as a dispatcher in 
Mojave and later as the court liaison for the Kern County Alcohol Treatment 
Program, making sentence recommendations to the court. 

He was an accomplished pilot and flight instructor for many years, having just 
received his 40 year membership pin from AOPA. He was a proud member of the 
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and 32nd degree Mason in the Tehachapi Lodge. Jim 
was an avid genealogist, serving as a volunteer at the local LDS Genealogy 
Library for many, many years despite the fact he was not a member of the 
church. His greatest pleasure in life was his family and especially his 
children and grandchildren. Abigail, his youngest daughter, especially 
brightened his life for the past 12 years.

Preceding him in death was his father, sister, Brenda Newman, step-father, 
Monroe Sarge Dunn and two sons, James and Morgan. He is survived by his 
mother, Jessie F. Dunn; daughters, Lisa Stradley and Abigail Newman; sons, 
Noel, Sean, Justin, Parker and Joel Newman, sister, Mary E. Hill and brother, 
Lee C. Newman. He is also survived by grandchildren, Tonacey and Cindy Newman, 
Tamara and Scott Stradley, and Riley Newman and many other family and friends.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. at 
Wood Family Funeral Service Chapel, 321 West F Street, Tehachapi. In lieu of 
flowers, donations may be made to Hoffmann Hospice in Jims memory. 


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