Tensas Parish, Louisiana Obituaries Submitted by Edith Ziegler, July 2003 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** James Augustus Newman Funeral services for Jimmy Newman, 48, were held March 6, 2003 at Young's Funeral Home in Ferriday. Interment was in Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton. Mr. Newman a lifelong resident of St. Joseph, was born April 2, 1954, in Newellton and died at his residence on March 4, 2003. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Jesse Newman; his mother, Mary Lanice Newman and his sister, Mary Ann McLeod. Mr. Newman is survived by his wife, Debbie Louise Newman; one daughter, Elizabeth L. Griggs; a son, James Keith Newman; his brother Robert Newman, Jr.; a sister, Eula Maples; his grandmother, Nan Logue Black; and one grandchild.