Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of Newton Leondas Cloud
8 March 1973

====================================================================
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
free information on the Internet, data may be used by
non-commercial entities, as long as this message
remains on all copied material. These electronic
pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
written consent of the file contributor.

The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb
Archives to store this file permanently for free access.
This file was contributed by:
Brenda King McNair
Bmcnair614@aol.com
====================================================================
Newton Cloud, prominent citizen, dies suddenly.

Mr. Newton Cloud, prominent citizen who had resided in Decatur County his
entire life, died suddenly at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge on March 3.

Funeral services were held from Ivey Funeral Home Chapel on March 5 at 4:00
p. m. with Dr. James T. Burrell and Dr. Aubrey Alsobrook officiating.
Interment was in Oak City Cemetery with Masonic services at the graveside.

Mr. Cloud was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bainbridge. He was a
retired farmer and a member of the Orion Lodge F. & A. M. and the Eastern
Star. He was born June 3, 1908.

Mr. Cloud is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emmie S. Cloud of Bainbridge; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Cloud of Bainbridge; two brothers, the Rev. E.
R. Cloud of Bainbridge and Mr. W. O. Cloud of Cuthbert; three sisters: Mrs.
L. E. Herring of Bainbridge, Mrs. L. P. Whigham of Lake City, Fla. and Mrs.
R. H. Prestage of Macon; and several nieces and nephews.

Active pallbearers were: Kenneth Cloud, Edwin Cloud, Loring Cloud, Tommy
Whigham, Wallace Cameron, Roy Scheffer, Gordon Brooks, Jr. and Jim Brooks.

Honorary pallbearers were: members of the Baraca Class of the First Baptist
Church.

Source: Page 2 - B The Post - Searchlight March 8, 1973. Bainbridge, Decatur
Co., GA

*Note* Newton Leondas Cloud was born 30 June 1908 in Decatur Co., GA and died
03 March 1973. He was a son of William A. "Will" Cloud and Eva Leonda Smith.
 He was married 09 November 1930 Decatur Co., GA Book J, Page 406 to Emmie
Scheffer.

Submitted by: Brenda King McNair < Bmcnair614@aol.com