Genealogy of Amos Newton

Greenville - Amos Newton, 81, died at home Tuesday. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday from the Mt. Carmel Church with Elder Ed Gafford and Elder Sam Deam officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Dunklin Funeral Home directing. Survivors include four sons, L. N. Newton and M. E. Newton, both of Greenville; Alan Newton and Lane Newton, both of Montgomery; three daughters, Mrs. Luther Burt, Greenville; Mrs. R. O. Wesson, Montgomery, and Mrs. Rufus Shanks, Georgiana; two brothers, Clayton Newton, Greenville, and Ben Newton, Thomaston, Georgia; five sisters, Mrs. Will Brannon, Mrs. E. C. Brannon, Mrs. J. W. Cooper, Mrs. Tom Jernigan, and Mrs. Walter Cook, all of Greenville; 28 grandchildred; 17 great-grandchildren.

Greenville. Mrs. Amos Newton, 64, died Thursday at a local hospital at 2 a.m. after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at Mr. Carmel Church at 3 p.m. today with burial to be in the churchyard cemetery. Conducting the services will be the Rev. Ed Gafford and the Rev. Claude Wilson. Surviving are, the husband, Amos Newton; four sons, Leonard, Harvey and Allen, all of Greenville and Hilton L. of Montgomery; three daughters, Mrs. Burt and Mrs. Pershing Flowers, both of Greenville, and Mrs. Rufus Shanks of Chapman; one brother, Lee Jernigan of Greenville, and three sisters, Mrs. W. T. Burt of Greenville, and Mrs. Pink Sims of Greenville, with Dunklin Funeral Home in charge.

Leonard Newton, 70, of Route 1, Greenville, died Monday, August 11th, in a Greenville hospital. Furneral services were held Wednesday from the Chapel of Jones Funeral Home, with Bro. Sam Dean officiating. Interment was in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery, with Jones Funeral Home directing. Survivors include his widos, Mrs. Iris Wasden Newton, Greenville; daughter, Mrs. Nelson McRae, Greenville; two sons, L. W. Newton, Greenville, and Larry Newton, Mobile; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Wesson, Montgomery; Mrs. Lillian Burt, Greenville; and Mrs. Clay Shanks, Georgiana; one brother, Lane Newton, Montgomery; nine grandchildren; a number of nieces and nephews.

Marvin Earl Newton, age 58, died Tuesdayfollowing an illness of several weeks. Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Thursday afternoon at Mr. Carmel Church with burial in the church cemetery with Dunklin Funeral Home in charge. The Rev. Swinson Kimbrough will conduct the services. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Myrlene Philpot, Mrs. Delane Whittle, Mrs. Alice Faye Mullins, Mrs. Linda Black, all of Greenville; Mrs. Jean Thompson, Eau Gallie, Fla.; three sons, Sterling Newton, Milton, Fla.; Earl Newton, Milton, Fla.; William Newton, Chapman; three brothers Leonard Newton, Greenville; Allen Aubrey Newton and Lane Newton, of Montgomery; three sisters, Mrs. Luther Burt, Greenville; Mrs Rufus Shanks, Georgiana; Mrs. Robt. O'Wesson, Japan; 18 grandchildren.

Boswell-Newton Engagement Announced. Chapman -- Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cecil Boswell, of Chapman, announce the engagement of their daughter, Doris Agnes, to William Amos Newton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Earl Newton, of Greenville. The bride-elect is the grand-daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Thomas Griggers, of Greenville, and of Mr. and Mrs. Governor Howston Boswell, of Georgiana. She is a graduate of Georgiana High School. The groom-to-be is the grand-son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pope, of Greenville and of Amos Newton and the late Mrs. Newton, of Greenville. He is presently employed in Butler County. The marriage will take place Jan. 31 in the East Chapman Baptist Church at 3 p.m. No formal invitations are being issued, but all friends and relatives of the couple are invited to attend the ceremony and reception.

Pvt. Hilton Lane Newton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Newton, Rt. 1, Greenville, is another Butler boy doing his bit for Uncle Sam. He went into the service June 22nd, and left for Fort McPherson, Ga., on July 7th. He was sent to Camp Wallace, Texas, to an anti-aircraft reserve base. Lane says he likes Texas fine, but nothing comes up to old Alabama. He was a member of the 1943 graduating class at Greenville High School. He would like to hear from any of his classmates or friends. His address is Pct. Hilton L. Newton, 34810272, U. S. Army, Battery C-29, A.A.R.T.B., Camp Wallace, Texas.

The marriage of Miss Geraldine Nix, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude H. Nix, of Pigeon Creek, to Sgt. Hilton Lane Newton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Newton, of Greenville, took place at an evening ceremony, August 24th, at the home of the bride's parents. Rev. Harry E. Rogers, pastor of the First Christian Church of Greenville, performed the ceremony in the presence of the families and close friends. An altar was of greenery, interspersed with baskets of mixed Summer flowers. The candles were lighted by Martin Saunders, nephew of the bride. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a poudre blue gaberdine suit with military tan accessories, Her corsage was of orchids. Miss Era Mae Nix, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Her flowers were a corsage of white asters. The groom's father served as best man. Immediately following the ceremony, a reception was held at the bride's home. A tiered wedding cake, topped by a miniature bride and soldier, centered the table. Mrs. Grady Smith presided over the punch bowl and her flowers were a corsage of yellow snapdragons. Sgt. Newton has recently returned from serving several months in the European Theater of Operations. After a brief wedding trip, Sgt. and Mrs. Newton will return and visit for the next three weeks before he reports to Atlanta for further orders.