The son of Colquitt County natives Joseph Milton Newton and Martha Idella Mattie Monk, Isaac Lamar was born on his parents farm between Norman Park and Moultrie in 1910. He grew up interested in all things mechanical, honing his skills by dismantling and (usually) reassembling anything with moving parts on the family farm.
Lamar's mother died in February 1916, when he was only five years old, leaving Lamar and three siblings. His father married Lois Cecil Lawrence in 1918 and four more brothers were added to the family during the next several years.
In 1926, the Newton family moved from the farm into Moultrie. Lamar eventually became a master auto mechanic and manager of the Gulf Service Station on East Central Avenue. It was while employed there that he met Clydie Eudelle Hall, daughter of Edward Lesley Hall and Alla Frances Foster. Clydie had been born in Hartsfield in 1913 and was working as a clerk at McClellans Dime Store when she and Lamar met. They married in 1931 and he frequently sang their song to her for the next forty-three years, "I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cents Store."
By the time World War II started in 1941, Lamar and Clydie had four children. Lamar went to work at the newly opened Spence Field and learned to repair airplanes as skillfully as he could repair automobiles. Because of his work and four young children, Lamar was not drafted, though when the war ended in 1945, he was in the ready status to be called.
In 1948, the couple moved their family to Jacksonville, Florida, where Lamar worked for the Navy at Cecil Field.
That was during the time of the Berlin Airlift and Lamar was instrumental in helping to convert the Navy's airplanes to hold the cargo to be delivered for the relief of the people of Berlin, Germany.
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation opened in Marietta, Georgia, in 1951 and Lamar moved his family to Atlanta, and two years later to Marietta, as he began a career with Lockheed that lasted twenty-three years. Most of those years were spent in the Flight Test Service, which tested the C-130 Hercules, the workhorse airplane built by Lockheed.
While in that service, Lamar, Clydie, and their two youngest children lived in several places in California and Arizona. They also spent many months at different locations on Florida's Gulf coast, while Lamar and his airplane were assigned there. Both Lamar and Clydie enjoyed the travel and the time they lived in those many different areas of the country. They continued to enjoy fishing, as they had done since their youth.
Clydie died in Marietta in 1974. Lamar followed her in death in 1980. Both were buried in the Newton family plot at Oakdale Cemetery in Colquitt County.
Lamar's mother died in February 1916, when he was only five years old, leaving Lamar and three siblings. His father married Lois Cecil Lawrence in 1918 and four more brothers were added to the family during the next several years.
In 1926, the Newton family moved from the farm into Moultrie. Lamar eventually became a master auto mechanic and manager of the Gulf Service Station on East Central Avenue. It was while employed there that he met Clydie Eudelle Hall, daughter of Edward Lesley Hall and Alla Frances Foster. Clydie had been born in Hartsfield in 1913 and was working as a clerk at McClellans Dime Store when she and Lamar met. They married in 1931 and he frequently sang their song to her for the next forty-three years, "I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cents Store."
By the time World War II started in 1941, Lamar and Clydie had four children. Lamar went to work at the newly opened Spence Field and learned to repair airplanes as skillfully as he could repair automobiles. Because of his work and four young children, Lamar was not drafted, though when the war ended in 1945, he was in the ready status to be called.
In 1948, the couple moved their family to Jacksonville, Florida, where Lamar worked for the Navy at Cecil Field.
That was during the time of the Berlin Airlift and Lamar was instrumental in helping to convert the Navy's airplanes to hold the cargo to be delivered for the relief of the people of Berlin, Germany.
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation opened in Marietta, Georgia, in 1951 and Lamar moved his family to Atlanta, and two years later to Marietta, as he began a career with Lockheed that lasted twenty-three years. Most of those years were spent in the Flight Test Service, which tested the C-130 Hercules, the workhorse airplane built by Lockheed.
While in that service, Lamar, Clydie, and their two youngest children lived in several places in California and Arizona. They also spent many months at different locations on Florida's Gulf coast, while Lamar and his airplane were assigned there. Both Lamar and Clydie enjoyed the travel and the time they lived in those many different areas of the country. They continued to enjoy fishing, as they had done since their youth.
Clydie died in Marietta in 1974. Lamar followed her in death in 1980. Both were buried in the Newton family plot at Oakdale Cemetery in Colquitt County.
The son of Colquitt County natives Joseph Milton Newton and Martha Idella Mattie Monk, Isaac Lamar was born on his parents farm between Norman Park and Moultrie in 1910. He grew up interested in all things mechanical, honing his skills by dismantling and (usually) reassembling anything with moving parts on the family farm.
Lamar's mother died in February 1916, when he was only five years old, leaving Lamar and three siblings. His father married Lois Cecil Lawrence in 1918 and four more brothers were added to the family during the next several years.
In 1926, the Newton family moved from the farm into Moultrie. Lamar eventually became a master auto mechanic and manager of the Gulf Service Station on East Central Avenue. It was while employed there that he met Clydie Eudelle Hall, daughter of Edward Lesley Hall and Alla Frances Foster. Clydie had been born in Hartsfield in 1913 and was working as a clerk at McClellans Dime Store when she and Lamar met. They married in 1931 and he frequently sang their song to her for the next forty-three years, "I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cents Store."
By the time World War II started in 1941, Lamar and Clydie had four children. Lamar went to work at the newly opened Spence Field and learned to repair airplanes as skillfully as he could repair automobiles. Because of his work and four young children, Lamar was not drafted, though when the war ended in 1945, he was in the ready status to be called.
In 1948, the couple moved their family to Jacksonville, Florida, where Lamar worked for the Navy at Cecil Field.
That was during the time of the Berlin Airlift and Lamar was instrumental in helping to convert the Navy's airplanes to hold the cargo to be delivered for the relief of the people of Berlin, Germany.
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation opened in Marietta, Georgia, in 1951 and Lamar moved his family to Atlanta, and two years later to Marietta, as he began a career with Lockheed that lasted twenty-three years. Most of those years were spent in the Flight Test Service, which tested the C-130 Hercules, the workhorse airplane built by Lockheed.
While in that service, Lamar, Clydie, and their two youngest children lived in several places in California and Arizona. They also spent many months at different locations on Florida's Gulf coast, while Lamar and his airplane were assigned there. Both Lamar and Clydie enjoyed the travel and the time they lived in those many different areas of the country. They continued to enjoy fishing, as they had done since their youth.
Clydie died in Marietta in 1974. Lamar followed her in death in 1980. Both were buried in the Newton family plot at Oakdale Cemetery in Colquitt County.
Lamar's mother died in February 1916, when he was only five years old, leaving Lamar and three siblings. His father married Lois Cecil Lawrence in 1918 and four more brothers were added to the family during the next several years.
In 1926, the Newton family moved from the farm into Moultrie. Lamar eventually became a master auto mechanic and manager of the Gulf Service Station on East Central Avenue. It was while employed there that he met Clydie Eudelle Hall, daughter of Edward Lesley Hall and Alla Frances Foster. Clydie had been born in Hartsfield in 1913 and was working as a clerk at McClellans Dime Store when she and Lamar met. They married in 1931 and he frequently sang their song to her for the next forty-three years, "I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cents Store."
By the time World War II started in 1941, Lamar and Clydie had four children. Lamar went to work at the newly opened Spence Field and learned to repair airplanes as skillfully as he could repair automobiles. Because of his work and four young children, Lamar was not drafted, though when the war ended in 1945, he was in the ready status to be called.
In 1948, the couple moved their family to Jacksonville, Florida, where Lamar worked for the Navy at Cecil Field.
That was during the time of the Berlin Airlift and Lamar was instrumental in helping to convert the Navy's airplanes to hold the cargo to be delivered for the relief of the people of Berlin, Germany.
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation opened in Marietta, Georgia, in 1951 and Lamar moved his family to Atlanta, and two years later to Marietta, as he began a career with Lockheed that lasted twenty-three years. Most of those years were spent in the Flight Test Service, which tested the C-130 Hercules, the workhorse airplane built by Lockheed.
While in that service, Lamar, Clydie, and their two youngest children lived in several places in California and Arizona. They also spent many months at different locations on Florida's Gulf coast, while Lamar and his airplane were assigned there. Both Lamar and Clydie enjoyed the travel and the time they lived in those many different areas of the country. They continued to enjoy fishing, as they had done since their youth.
Clydie died in Marietta in 1974. Lamar followed her in death in 1980. Both were buried in the Newton family plot at Oakdale Cemetery in Colquitt County.
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