Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Tuesday - 26 August 1952 Front Page
MISS EUNICE NEWTON DIES AT AGE 100;
LIVED TO SEE SIX WARS; TWO PANICS
Miss Eunice Newton, lifelong resident of Bastrop and Morehouse Parish, died at 7 am today, at the age of 100. She had been in failing health over an extended period of time.
Born in Oactober of 1951, Miss Newton lived to see six major wars and three national panics. When the Civil War broke out she was a young girl of 10. She then lived through the Spanish American and Mexican Wars and through part of the present Korean war.
Her birthplace was in the old Newton homestead which stood on the site now occupied by the Pat Sims residence in Bastrop. She lived in more recent years with Mr. L. H. Peterkin, niece. Her father was Daniel Newton who was a Morehouse lawyer and planter up to the time of his death. Her mother was the former Nancy Wright.
Miss Newton lived to see the tremendous strides made by the South after the crippling Civil War. Saw it change from a strictly agricultural section into a combination industrial and agricultural section, growing and expanding rapidly and threatening to overtake other sections of the nation in all types of business and industry;.
Miss Newton was a private music teacher for many years and attended the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bastrop, serving as organist for many years.
The funeral service will be held at 11 am Wednesday in the Robinson Funeral Home. Rev. Earl Whitsitt, pastor of the First Baptist Church will officiate at the service. Interment will be in the Old Bastrop Cemetery.
Miss Newton is survived by a host of nieces and nephews.
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Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) Thursday - 28 August 1952 Front Page
MISS NEWTON DIES AT 101
Funeral Service Held For Oldest Resident of Morehouse Parish
The death of Miss Eunice Newton, prominent and lifelong resident of Morehouse Parish on Tuesday, removed the oldest resident of the parish. She was 101 years of age. The funeral was held in Robinson Funeral Home Wednesday and interment was in the Old City Cemetery in Bastrop.
Immediate relatives include four nieces:
Mrs. David Childs Michie of Mer Rouge
Mrs. H. B. Andrews of Mer Rouge
Mrs. J. D. Pollard of Leesville
Mrs. L. W. Peterkins of Bastrop
Two nephews:
Tom Newton of Monroe
Jim Dalton of Bastrop
Miss Newton was for years distinguished as a musician, having graduated 75 years ago from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and having followed the line of music teacer up to her retirement years ago. She was of a prominent family. Her father was attorney and planter, Daniel Newton by name. Her brother, Cherubosco Newton, was elected to Congress where he served following election in 1888. The Congressman and his brothers comprise the legal firm of Newton and Hall in Bastrop. Mr. Hall was Luther Hall, Governor of Louisiana.
Miss Newton was described as a particularly brilliant woman and one who was devoted to her friends and to her church, being a longtime member of the Baptist denomination.
MISS EUNICE NEWTON DIES AT AGE 100;
LIVED TO SEE SIX WARS; TWO PANICS
Miss Eunice Newton, lifelong resident of Bastrop and Morehouse Parish, died at 7 am today, at the age of 100. She had been in failing health over an extended period of time.
Born in Oactober of 1951, Miss Newton lived to see six major wars and three national panics. When the Civil War broke out she was a young girl of 10. She then lived through the Spanish American and Mexican Wars and through part of the present Korean war.
Her birthplace was in the old Newton homestead which stood on the site now occupied by the Pat Sims residence in Bastrop. She lived in more recent years with Mr. L. H. Peterkin, niece. Her father was Daniel Newton who was a Morehouse lawyer and planter up to the time of his death. Her mother was the former Nancy Wright.
Miss Newton lived to see the tremendous strides made by the South after the crippling Civil War. Saw it change from a strictly agricultural section into a combination industrial and agricultural section, growing and expanding rapidly and threatening to overtake other sections of the nation in all types of business and industry;.
Miss Newton was a private music teacher for many years and attended the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bastrop, serving as organist for many years.
The funeral service will be held at 11 am Wednesday in the Robinson Funeral Home. Rev. Earl Whitsitt, pastor of the First Baptist Church will officiate at the service. Interment will be in the Old Bastrop Cemetery.
Miss Newton is survived by a host of nieces and nephews.
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Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) Thursday - 28 August 1952 Front Page
MISS NEWTON DIES AT 101
Funeral Service Held For Oldest Resident of Morehouse Parish
The death of Miss Eunice Newton, prominent and lifelong resident of Morehouse Parish on Tuesday, removed the oldest resident of the parish. She was 101 years of age. The funeral was held in Robinson Funeral Home Wednesday and interment was in the Old City Cemetery in Bastrop.
Immediate relatives include four nieces:
Mrs. David Childs Michie of Mer Rouge
Mrs. H. B. Andrews of Mer Rouge
Mrs. J. D. Pollard of Leesville
Mrs. L. W. Peterkins of Bastrop
Two nephews:
Tom Newton of Monroe
Jim Dalton of Bastrop
Miss Newton was for years distinguished as a musician, having graduated 75 years ago from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and having followed the line of music teacer up to her retirement years ago. She was of a prominent family. Her father was attorney and planter, Daniel Newton by name. Her brother, Cherubosco Newton, was elected to Congress where he served following election in 1888. The Congressman and his brothers comprise the legal firm of Newton and Hall in Bastrop. Mr. Hall was Luther Hall, Governor of Louisiana.
Miss Newton was described as a particularly brilliant woman and one who was devoted to her friends and to her church, being a longtime member of the Baptist denomination.
Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Tuesday - 26 August 1952 Front Page
MISS EUNICE NEWTON DIES AT AGE 100;
LIVED TO SEE SIX WARS; TWO PANICS
Miss Eunice Newton, lifelong resident of Bastrop and Morehouse Parish, died at 7 am today, at the age of 100. She had been in failing health over an extended period of time.
Born in Oactober of 1951, Miss Newton lived to see six major wars and three national panics. When the Civil War broke out she was a young girl of 10. She then lived through the Spanish American and Mexican Wars and through part of the present Korean war.
Her birthplace was in the old Newton homestead which stood on the site now occupied by the Pat Sims residence in Bastrop. She lived in more recent years with Mr. L. H. Peterkin, niece. Her father was Daniel Newton who was a Morehouse lawyer and planter up to the time of his death. Her mother was the former Nancy Wright.
Miss Newton lived to see the tremendous strides made by the South after the crippling Civil War. Saw it change from a strictly agricultural section into a combination industrial and agricultural section, growing and expanding rapidly and threatening to overtake other sections of the nation in all types of business and industry;.
Miss Newton was a private music teacher for many years and attended the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bastrop, serving as organist for many years.
The funeral service will be held at 11 am Wednesday in the Robinson Funeral Home. Rev. Earl Whitsitt, pastor of the First Baptist Church will officiate at the service. Interment will be in the Old Bastrop Cemetery.
Miss Newton is survived by a host of nieces and nephews.
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Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) Thursday - 28 August 1952 Front Page
MISS NEWTON DIES AT 101
Funeral Service Held For Oldest Resident of Morehouse Parish
The death of Miss Eunice Newton, prominent and lifelong resident of Morehouse Parish on Tuesday, removed the oldest resident of the parish. She was 101 years of age. The funeral was held in Robinson Funeral Home Wednesday and interment was in the Old City Cemetery in Bastrop.
Immediate relatives include four nieces:
Mrs. David Childs Michie of Mer Rouge
Mrs. H. B. Andrews of Mer Rouge
Mrs. J. D. Pollard of Leesville
Mrs. L. W. Peterkins of Bastrop
Two nephews:
Tom Newton of Monroe
Jim Dalton of Bastrop
Miss Newton was for years distinguished as a musician, having graduated 75 years ago from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and having followed the line of music teacer up to her retirement years ago. She was of a prominent family. Her father was attorney and planter, Daniel Newton by name. Her brother, Cherubosco Newton, was elected to Congress where he served following election in 1888. The Congressman and his brothers comprise the legal firm of Newton and Hall in Bastrop. Mr. Hall was Luther Hall, Governor of Louisiana.
Miss Newton was described as a particularly brilliant woman and one who was devoted to her friends and to her church, being a longtime member of the Baptist denomination.
MISS EUNICE NEWTON DIES AT AGE 100;
LIVED TO SEE SIX WARS; TWO PANICS
Miss Eunice Newton, lifelong resident of Bastrop and Morehouse Parish, died at 7 am today, at the age of 100. She had been in failing health over an extended period of time.
Born in Oactober of 1951, Miss Newton lived to see six major wars and three national panics. When the Civil War broke out she was a young girl of 10. She then lived through the Spanish American and Mexican Wars and through part of the present Korean war.
Her birthplace was in the old Newton homestead which stood on the site now occupied by the Pat Sims residence in Bastrop. She lived in more recent years with Mr. L. H. Peterkin, niece. Her father was Daniel Newton who was a Morehouse lawyer and planter up to the time of his death. Her mother was the former Nancy Wright.
Miss Newton lived to see the tremendous strides made by the South after the crippling Civil War. Saw it change from a strictly agricultural section into a combination industrial and agricultural section, growing and expanding rapidly and threatening to overtake other sections of the nation in all types of business and industry;.
Miss Newton was a private music teacher for many years and attended the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bastrop, serving as organist for many years.
The funeral service will be held at 11 am Wednesday in the Robinson Funeral Home. Rev. Earl Whitsitt, pastor of the First Baptist Church will officiate at the service. Interment will be in the Old Bastrop Cemetery.
Miss Newton is survived by a host of nieces and nephews.
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Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) Thursday - 28 August 1952 Front Page
MISS NEWTON DIES AT 101
Funeral Service Held For Oldest Resident of Morehouse Parish
The death of Miss Eunice Newton, prominent and lifelong resident of Morehouse Parish on Tuesday, removed the oldest resident of the parish. She was 101 years of age. The funeral was held in Robinson Funeral Home Wednesday and interment was in the Old City Cemetery in Bastrop.
Immediate relatives include four nieces:
Mrs. David Childs Michie of Mer Rouge
Mrs. H. B. Andrews of Mer Rouge
Mrs. J. D. Pollard of Leesville
Mrs. L. W. Peterkins of Bastrop
Two nephews:
Tom Newton of Monroe
Jim Dalton of Bastrop
Miss Newton was for years distinguished as a musician, having graduated 75 years ago from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and having followed the line of music teacer up to her retirement years ago. She was of a prominent family. Her father was attorney and planter, Daniel Newton by name. Her brother, Cherubosco Newton, was elected to Congress where he served following election in 1888. The Congressman and his brothers comprise the legal firm of Newton and Hall in Bastrop. Mr. Hall was Luther Hall, Governor of Louisiana.
Miss Newton was described as a particularly brilliant woman and one who was devoted to her friends and to her church, being a longtime member of the Baptist denomination.
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