Obituaries:  Samuel B. Newton, Sabine Parish       N-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 11, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Samuel B. Newton (Photo)

  Services for Mr. Samuel B. Newton, 67, of Many, were held at 11
a.m., Saturday, January 7, 1989, at St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church. Officiating was Father Kenneth Williams, pastor. Burial
was at the New Jerusalem Cemetery.

  Mr. Newton, a resident of Many, retired from the Baltimore City
School System, as Departmental Head of Business, at Carver
Vocational Technical High School. His career in education began
as an instructor at Storer Teachers College, Harper Ferry, West
Va. He spent several years working in the Library of Congress in
Washington D. C. In 1952, he resumed his career of instruction in
the Culpepper, Va. School system. He taught briefly in Pomokey,
Maryland, the moved to Baltimore.

  He graduated from Sabine Parish Training School, and entered
Southern University. Graduation from Hampton University in
Virginia, he received the Masters Degree from New York
University.

  During World War II, Samuel served in the United States Army in
the South Pacific. He attained the rank of First Sergeant of
Headquarters, and Headquarters Detachment 311, Quartermaster
Battalion. He was a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.,
and served in various elective positions; president of his
college chapter, president of several graduate chapters, Regional
Director of the Eastern Region, and was elected to the
Distinguished Service Chapter. He established a graduate chapter
in his home district of Many and Natchitoches.

  He is survived by his two sisters, Mrs. Evelyn L. Bush, and Mrs.
Goldie L. Parson; one brother, Donald L. Newton, all of Many; one
brother-in-law, Arthur Bush; seven nephews; seven nieces; nine
great nephews; seven great nieces; one great-great niece; and one
great-great nephew.

  Pallbearers were Samuel D. Cross, George Shannon, Jerald Gant,
Lutrill A. Payne, Lesil Mims, Grant P. Ford, Roosevelt Shelby,
George Wilson, and Bobby Sewell.