Joseph Wheeler Newton

Mr. Joseph Wheeler Newton, age 84, of Hawkinsville, Ga., passed away Thursday, September 23, 2021 at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Ga.A visitation will be held in the Clark Funeral Home Chapel from 6:00pm to 8:00 pm on Tuesday evening September 28, 2021. A viewing will be held Thursday night September 30, 2021 at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley, Alabama with a Military Graveside Service held on Friday, October 1, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. in Fairfax Cemetery in Valley, Alabama.
Mr. Newton was a native of Langdale, Alabama and a member of Broad Street Baptist Church.He was a textile Manager with Best Manufacturing and Opelika Manufacturing Co. He was a retired Veteran of the Navy, Army and National Guard. Mr. Newton was a member of the Lions Club and the VFW. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl Wheeler and Celia Adams Newton; wife, Rita Janice Holland Newton and a son, John Wheeler Newton.
Those left to forever cherish his memory include his daughters, Joan Newton Gordon (Shann) of Hawkinsville, Ga., Leah Newton McLeod (Marty) of Pinehurst, Ga. and Lisa Newton Long (Michael A.) of Haynesville Ga.; brother, Robert Earl Newton (Delores) of Cusseta Alabama; sisters, Annette Newton Hurd (Retired General Joseph Hurd) of Savannah, Tennessee and Teresa Newton Setherton (Don) of Valley, Alabama; 9 grandchildren: Jordan, Dalton, Spencer, Sydney, Maddy, Madison, Kendall, Nathan and Magan; 2 great grandchildren, Roman and Reid.
Clark Funeral Home of Hawkinsville, Georgia is in charge of localarrangements. Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in charge of arrangements in Valley, Alabama.
Please sign the online register at www.clarkfuneralhawkinsville.com