Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



The Fairfield Recorder - April 21, 2011 edition

WATT PARKER NEWMAN

Graveside services were held last Wednesday at Fairfield Cemetery Watt Parker 
Newman, 90, of Fairfield who died April 11 in Gonzales.

Mr. Newman was born July 20, 1920 to Theodore Burton and Mattie Gertrude 
Matthews Newman of Fairfield.

During his high school days in Fairfield, Mr. Newman was an accomplished 
athlete, competing in pole vault, football and baseball.

He served his country during World War II as a member of the Army Air Corp in 
the European Theatre of Operations and was discharged as a Staff Sergeant.

On April 12, 1947 , he married Ennie Dell Looney of Fairfield where they made 
there home and operated Newman’s Variety and Hardware Store, which later became
Newman's Hardware, on the square in Fairfield.

Mr. Newman was a past member of the Fairfield Rotary Club and Fairfield Lions 
Club.

He also served on the Fairfield Volunteer Fire Department, was a member of 
Fairfield chamber of commerce and operated Newman's RV Park in Fairfield.

Mr. Newman was preceded in death by his parents; wife, brothers Joe Everett 
Newman, Bill Newman and Burton Newman.

He is survived by his children Amy Newman of Fairfield and Beth Newman of 
Harwood and nieces Charlotte Gaca and husband Lee of Corsicana and Jan Van 
Winkle of Corsicana.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society of Freestone county.

Making arrangements was Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home of Fairfield.