Obituary of HARRY SAMUEL NEWELL, SR., LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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Date: January 12, 2000

Headline:  Area Deaths

Harry Samuel Newell, Sr., 81, of Arcadia, died on January 4, 2000, at Lincoln 
General Hospital in Ruston.

He was born Jan. 14, 1918, in Clermont, Ky.  Newell served in the U. S. Army 
during World War II and remained in the Army for 13 years.

After completing his college education at LSU in Baton Rouge, he worked as an 
electrical engineer for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and 
Development until his retirement.

He was a member of the Baton Rouge Masonic Lodge and had lived in Arcadia for 
the past eight years.  

Services were held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 6, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home 
Chapel in Arcadia with Rev. Jeff Hoffman officiating.

Burial followed in the Green Oaks Memorial Park Cemetery in Baton Rouge on 
Friday, January 7.

Survivors include his wife, Billy Walters Newell of Arcadia; one son, Harry 
Samuel Newell, Jr., of Arcadia; one stepson, Mike Walters of Bedford, Texas; 
two sisters, Kate Ernst and Eleanor Ratterman, both of Louisville, Ky.; one 
brother, Fred Hatfield of Shelbyville, Ky.; and several nieces and nephews.