Obituary of Newton T. Gough, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: The Caldwell Watchman
Date: September 2004



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Obituary of Newton T. Gough
June 1980

Funeral services for Newton T. Gough, 71, of 2140 Evelyn St. in Lake 
Charles were held at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 15, in Hixon Funeral Home Chapel
in Lake Charles.  Dr. Benedict Galloway, pastor of First Methodist Church,
of which Mr. Gough was an active member, officiated.  Graveside services
were at 5:30 p.m. at Nolley Memorial Cemetery in Jena.

Mr. Gough died Friday, June 13, in the Methodist Hospital in Houston, 
Texas.

A native of Kelly, and 1927 graduate of Kelly High School, he was a 
resident of Lake Charles for the past 38 years, and worked for Southern
Pacific Railroad Company for 32 years before his retirement in 1974.  He 
was an active member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Irmaile Stone Gough; two sons, Bob Gough
of Groves, Texas, Rick Gough of Lake Charles; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Lynn
Pomfert of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his mother, Mrs. Lessie Gough of
Dumas, Texas; one brother, Leon Gough of Sunray, Texas; three sisters, Mrs.
Gladys Fatheree of Lake Providence, Mrs. Velma Jo Copeland and Mrs. Vivian
Porter, both of Houston, Texas; and four grandchildren.