Obituaries: Etta Gunnels Newton, 1949, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 21, 1949 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. Joe Newton Succumbs in Pine Bluff July 18

Mrs. Etta Newton, age 70, wife of Joe Newton, died at the family home in Pine
Bluff, Ark., Monday after a long illness.  Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. at the Antioch Church, Magnolia, Ark.

A native of Columbia County, Ark., Mrs. Newton was the daughter of the late
Singleton and Francis Gunnels.  She was married to Mr. Newton in 1900, and
they moved to Pine Bluff in 1925 from Winnfield, La., where they had made
their home a number of years.

Surviving besides her husband are three sons, Grady and E. J. Newton of Pine
Bluff, and Bernice Newton of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. Mimmie
Maloch, Emerson, Ark., and Mrs. Edna Baker, Magnolia; six brothers, Bill and
Grady Gunnels, Emerson; Bob, Tom, Noah, and Jim Gunnels, Magnolia; and five
grandchildren.