Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday for Mrs. Melissa Newell, 83, of Kelly, at the Kelly Baptist Church with the Rev. Franklin Jones officiating.
Burial, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia, was in the Adams cemetery.
Mrs. Newell, who died Monday, was a sister of Mrs. Sarah Meredith of Monroe.
In addition to her sister in Monroe, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Eula Gough, Mrs. Susie Pentecost and Mrs. Nina Hargrove, all of Kelly, and Mrs. Eva Henner [sic Hennen], New Orleans; 1 son Ilot Newell, Clarks; one brother, Gilbert Cox, Columbia; one other sister, Mrs. Ella Parker, Delhi; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Tuesday, December 19, 1961
Burial, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia, was in the Adams cemetery.
Mrs. Newell, who died Monday, was a sister of Mrs. Sarah Meredith of Monroe.
In addition to her sister in Monroe, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Eula Gough, Mrs. Susie Pentecost and Mrs. Nina Hargrove, all of Kelly, and Mrs. Eva Henner [sic Hennen], New Orleans; 1 son Ilot Newell, Clarks; one brother, Gilbert Cox, Columbia; one other sister, Mrs. Ella Parker, Delhi; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Tuesday, December 19, 1961
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday for Mrs. Melissa Newell, 83, of Kelly, at the Kelly Baptist Church with the Rev. Franklin Jones officiating.
Burial, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia, was in the Adams cemetery.
Mrs. Newell, who died Monday, was a sister of Mrs. Sarah Meredith of Monroe.
In addition to her sister in Monroe, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Eula Gough, Mrs. Susie Pentecost and Mrs. Nina Hargrove, all of Kelly, and Mrs. Eva Henner [sic Hennen], New Orleans; 1 son Ilot Newell, Clarks; one brother, Gilbert Cox, Columbia; one other sister, Mrs. Ella Parker, Delhi; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Tuesday, December 19, 1961
Burial, under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home of Columbia, was in the Adams cemetery.
Mrs. Newell, who died Monday, was a sister of Mrs. Sarah Meredith of Monroe.
In addition to her sister in Monroe, she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Eula Gough, Mrs. Susie Pentecost and Mrs. Nina Hargrove, all of Kelly, and Mrs. Eva Henner [sic Hennen], New Orleans; 1 son Ilot Newell, Clarks; one brother, Gilbert Cox, Columbia; one other sister, Mrs. Ella Parker, Delhi; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Tuesday, December 19, 1961
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Malissa is misspelled as Mallisa on Mrs. Newell's grave marker.
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