Daughter of Wayne Melton and Catherine Kilgore Hurst. She attended Newnan High School, where she was very active in all the clubs and social events of the day. She left Luthersville at the age of 18 and moved to Atlanta to interview for a job as executive secretary for Davidson’s (later Macy’s) Department store. She got the job and became a dedicated and enthusiastic career woman from that point until retirement. She met (and married) Ray Newmark, a decorated World War II U.S. Air Force veteran from New York City, who was a buyer for Davidson’s various affiliates in the east and a best friend to her boss. After leaving the retail industry in the early 1980’s, she trained to be a court reporter, and upon receiving certification and experience in the field, she opened her own court reporting agency, AAA Reporting, with the main office in downtown Atlanta. She bid on and won all the major government contracts for legal proceeding take down and transcripts in the entire Southeastern region of the US. She employed dozens of reporters and traveled extensively throughout the South for the reporting jobs. Ray ran the home office and managed the agency’s accounting and business administration. The team were very successful and worked together as business owners. She is survived by her children, Victor and wife, Lissette Newmark, and grandson, Nicolas Newmark - all of Acworth, GA, and Jennifer and husband, Larry Keel of Lexington, VA.
Daughter of Wayne Melton and Catherine Kilgore Hurst. She attended Newnan High School, where she was very active in all the clubs and social events of the day. She left Luthersville at the age of 18 and moved to Atlanta to interview for a job as executive secretary for Davidson’s (later Macy’s) Department store. She got the job and became a dedicated and enthusiastic career woman from that point until retirement. She met (and married) Ray Newmark, a decorated World War II U.S. Air Force veteran from New York City, who was a buyer for Davidson’s various affiliates in the east and a best friend to her boss. After leaving the retail industry in the early 1980’s, she trained to be a court reporter, and upon receiving certification and experience in the field, she opened her own court reporting agency, AAA Reporting, with the main office in downtown Atlanta. She bid on and won all the major government contracts for legal proceeding take down and transcripts in the entire Southeastern region of the US. She employed dozens of reporters and traveled extensively throughout the South for the reporting jobs. Ray ran the home office and managed the agency’s accounting and business administration. The team were very successful and worked together as business owners. She is survived by her children, Victor and wife, Lissette Newmark, and grandson, Nicolas Newmark - all of Acworth, GA, and Jennifer and husband, Larry Keel of Lexington, VA.
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