Barbara was a 1948 graduate of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She began her career teaching Home Economics at Ducktown High School from 1948-1953. While teaching, she met and fell in love with her husband, John Verlon "Chili" Newman, and they married December 1, 1951. For over 40 years, Verlon and Barbara owned and operated several grocery stores including the Piggly Wiggly grocery in Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina.
No services are planned at this time. Interment was at Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill, TN.
Barbara was a 1948 graduate of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She began her career teaching Home Economics at Ducktown High School from 1948-1953. While teaching, she met and fell in love with her husband, John Verlon "Chili" Newman, and they married December 1, 1951. For over 40 years, Verlon and Barbara owned and operated several grocery stores including the Piggly Wiggly grocery in Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina.
No services are planned at this time. Interment was at Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Akins Funeral Home of Copperhill, TN.
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