Joe D. Newton, age 85 of Waco, Texas, died Monday, December 29, 2003, In Waco, Texas.
Memorial services will be held at 2pm Saturday, January 3, 2004, at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 305 N. 30th St., Waco, Texas, with Rev. Janne Alro Osborne officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial North.
Mr. Newton was born April 7, 1918, in Cameron, Texas, to Walter O. and Mary Jeter Newton. A graduate of Yoe High in Cameron, he received a BBA degree from Baylor University in 1940. He began work in 1939 at Citizens National Bank of Waco, and worked in most departments of the bank retiring as executive vice president and director in 1982. He also served as president and director of The Citizens Company, Citizens Fidelity Insurance Company and other affiliated companies. He helped organize The Central Texas Chapter of Bank Administration Institute, and was later elected president.
Mr. Newton graduated from the B.A.I. School at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and was president of its National Alumni Association and a Trustee of that school.
He entered military service in April 1941, in the Signal Corps, AUS, and saw service in several states and in Hawaii, Guam, and Okinawa. Mr. Newton was president of the old Lake Waco Country Club and served as an officer in Goodwill Industries, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and co-founder, president and director of Midwestern Little League. He was a vestryman of St. Albans several times, was senior warden of the church and was treasurer of the endowment fund for many years.
Mr. Newton was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Oliver, Bill and Frank and by his first wife, Helen Elizabeth Awtrey Newton.
He is survived by his wife, Elen Jones Newton; son Joe D. Newton II and wife and their children, by stepsons and their wives, and a niece and her children.
Memorials may be made to St. Albans Endowment Fund or charity of choice.
Obituary published online by WILKIRSON-HATCH-BAILEY FUNERAL, Waco, Texas.
Memorial services will be held at 2pm Saturday, January 3, 2004, at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 305 N. 30th St., Waco, Texas, with Rev. Janne Alro Osborne officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial North.
Mr. Newton was born April 7, 1918, in Cameron, Texas, to Walter O. and Mary Jeter Newton. A graduate of Yoe High in Cameron, he received a BBA degree from Baylor University in 1940. He began work in 1939 at Citizens National Bank of Waco, and worked in most departments of the bank retiring as executive vice president and director in 1982. He also served as president and director of The Citizens Company, Citizens Fidelity Insurance Company and other affiliated companies. He helped organize The Central Texas Chapter of Bank Administration Institute, and was later elected president.
Mr. Newton graduated from the B.A.I. School at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and was president of its National Alumni Association and a Trustee of that school.
He entered military service in April 1941, in the Signal Corps, AUS, and saw service in several states and in Hawaii, Guam, and Okinawa. Mr. Newton was president of the old Lake Waco Country Club and served as an officer in Goodwill Industries, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and co-founder, president and director of Midwestern Little League. He was a vestryman of St. Albans several times, was senior warden of the church and was treasurer of the endowment fund for many years.
Mr. Newton was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Oliver, Bill and Frank and by his first wife, Helen Elizabeth Awtrey Newton.
He is survived by his wife, Elen Jones Newton; son Joe D. Newton II and wife and their children, by stepsons and their wives, and a niece and her children.
Memorials may be made to St. Albans Endowment Fund or charity of choice.
Obituary published online by WILKIRSON-HATCH-BAILEY FUNERAL, Waco, Texas.
Joe D. Newton, age 85 of Waco, Texas, died Monday, December 29, 2003, In Waco, Texas.
Memorial services will be held at 2pm Saturday, January 3, 2004, at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 305 N. 30th St., Waco, Texas, with Rev. Janne Alro Osborne officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial North.
Mr. Newton was born April 7, 1918, in Cameron, Texas, to Walter O. and Mary Jeter Newton. A graduate of Yoe High in Cameron, he received a BBA degree from Baylor University in 1940. He began work in 1939 at Citizens National Bank of Waco, and worked in most departments of the bank retiring as executive vice president and director in 1982. He also served as president and director of The Citizens Company, Citizens Fidelity Insurance Company and other affiliated companies. He helped organize The Central Texas Chapter of Bank Administration Institute, and was later elected president.
Mr. Newton graduated from the B.A.I. School at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and was president of its National Alumni Association and a Trustee of that school.
He entered military service in April 1941, in the Signal Corps, AUS, and saw service in several states and in Hawaii, Guam, and Okinawa. Mr. Newton was president of the old Lake Waco Country Club and served as an officer in Goodwill Industries, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and co-founder, president and director of Midwestern Little League. He was a vestryman of St. Albans several times, was senior warden of the church and was treasurer of the endowment fund for many years.
Mr. Newton was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Oliver, Bill and Frank and by his first wife, Helen Elizabeth Awtrey Newton.
He is survived by his wife, Elen Jones Newton; son Joe D. Newton II and wife and their children, by stepsons and their wives, and a niece and her children.
Memorials may be made to St. Albans Endowment Fund or charity of choice.
Obituary published online by WILKIRSON-HATCH-BAILEY FUNERAL, Waco, Texas.
Memorial services will be held at 2pm Saturday, January 3, 2004, at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 305 N. 30th St., Waco, Texas, with Rev. Janne Alro Osborne officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial North.
Mr. Newton was born April 7, 1918, in Cameron, Texas, to Walter O. and Mary Jeter Newton. A graduate of Yoe High in Cameron, he received a BBA degree from Baylor University in 1940. He began work in 1939 at Citizens National Bank of Waco, and worked in most departments of the bank retiring as executive vice president and director in 1982. He also served as president and director of The Citizens Company, Citizens Fidelity Insurance Company and other affiliated companies. He helped organize The Central Texas Chapter of Bank Administration Institute, and was later elected president.
Mr. Newton graduated from the B.A.I. School at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and was president of its National Alumni Association and a Trustee of that school.
He entered military service in April 1941, in the Signal Corps, AUS, and saw service in several states and in Hawaii, Guam, and Okinawa. Mr. Newton was president of the old Lake Waco Country Club and served as an officer in Goodwill Industries, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and co-founder, president and director of Midwestern Little League. He was a vestryman of St. Albans several times, was senior warden of the church and was treasurer of the endowment fund for many years.
Mr. Newton was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Oliver, Bill and Frank and by his first wife, Helen Elizabeth Awtrey Newton.
He is survived by his wife, Elen Jones Newton; son Joe D. Newton II and wife and their children, by stepsons and their wives, and a niece and her children.
Memorials may be made to St. Albans Endowment Fund or charity of choice.
Obituary published online by WILKIRSON-HATCH-BAILEY FUNERAL, Waco, Texas.
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