Funeral services for Roscoe P. Newton, of Brookhaven, are 3 p.m.on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Riverwood Family Funeral Service Chapel,with burial in Easthaven Cemetery.

Visitation is Saturday from 1 until 3 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mr. Newton, 95, died Sept. 8, 2011, at Golden Living Center inTylertown. He was born in Mississippi on Dec. 16, 1915, to Eliasand Ruth Allgood Newton.

He was retired from Oil Exploration as field supervisor. He was amember of Brookhaven First Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Myrtle Newton;his brothers, Richard Newton, Marshall Newton and Robert Newton;and his sisters, Kathleen Driskell, Nora Bell West, Ella Sandidgeand Elsie Bowman.

Survivors are his sons, Pat Reed; and his daughters, Betty Morgan,of Smithdale, and Susan Parker and Melissa Reed; his brothers,Sherman Newton, of Brookhaven; his grandchildren, Doug Taylor,Robin Stewart, Lane Reed, Chad Reed, Carmen Maglievaz, Staci Blake,Jennifer Broomfield and Abby Martinez; and his 12great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers please send donations to the Cecil Rhodes Men’sSunday School Class at Brookhaven First Baptist Church.

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