Obituary: Robert Y. Newell Jr., Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Edith Ziegler; Extracted from The Tensas Gazette

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Robert Y. Newell Jr.

Robert Yates "Gandy" Newell, Jr., 101, of HC 78, Box 100, 
Augusta, West Virginia, died Wednesday, December 8, 1999, 
in Winchester Medical Center.  Mr. Newell was born November 
27, 1898, in Newellton, Louisiana, the son of Robert Yates 
and Bessie Young Newell. He was a marine engineer with the 
U. S. Government Maritime Commission and retired in 1963 
after 24 years. He had worked as a sugar chemist in Cuba 
from 1920 to 1930. He was a former chairman of the trial 
Board of the Maritime Commission.

He attended Louisiana State University and George Washington 
University. He was an Army veteran of World War I, with the 
rank of First Lieutenant.

Surviving with his wife, are a son, Robert Yates Newell, III 
of Reston; three stepchildren, David Gainer of Springfield, 
Joseph Gainer of Falls Church, and Louisa Gainer Bridges of 
Winchester; a brother, Edward Dunbar Newell of Cape Coral, 
Florida; 10 grandchildren, seven step grandchildren, and 20 
great grandchildren.

A daughter, Robin Mason Newell Byrnes, is deceased. 

A memorial service was at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at St. Paul's on 
the Hill Episcopal Church with the Reverend Michael Mohn 
officiating.  Burial was in Legion Memorial Cemetery, in 
Newellton, Louisiana.  Omps Funeral Home handled the 
arrangements.