David Newton November 20, 1969 - March 6, 2025 David Shane Newton, 55, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2025 in Graham. Funeral service will be held Monday, March 10, 2025 at 2 p.m. in Morrison Funeral Home Chapel.

David was born to Patsy to and Reggie Newton on November 20, 1969 in El Paso, Texas.

He grew up as all boys do, getting into mischief and being a typical boy and talking his mom into keeping a baby goat in the house since he couldn't have a puppy. He loved animals and at one point thought he would become a veterinarian. He changed his mind after he realized that people could acknowledge you and say thank you for your help and animals would not always be as polite and would show their appreciation by kicking and nudging.

David had a love for education and pursued multiple degrees in his life time. And for some reason, he always wanted to pursue another degree, even after his cancer diagnosis.

Some people live a lifetime and don't find satisfaction with their work life. This could not be said of David. He started his medical career in the lab and loved it, but realized he wanted more and pursued a nursing degree. He loved working in the ICU, but when he started as a flight nurse he developed a deeper love and respect for the profession. While working as a flight nurse he pursued his degree of FNP.

After working in a walk in clinic and rural hospital, David wanted to learn more skills as an FNP and applied to the hospitalist program in Graham, Tx. He was offered the job and started a new adventure that would bring him some of the greatest joys in his career as well as some of the biggest heartache.

The staff that he worked with became his work family and got to know him and all of his "quirks". He would tell us he wasn't OCD, but many would disagree with that.

David loved his job, loved his patients, loved his work family and he loved learning. One thing that he loved even more than that was his family. He married Kedra Chambers on June 6, 2015 in Port Aransas.

He came into Hanna and Halle's life in one of the hardest parts of life otherwise known as the teenage years. He helped with cars, boys, prom dresses, college applications and keeping the peace between three emotional women. To say he faced challenges since he came in with no previous parenting skills was an understatement. But he tackled it and did an amazing job of being a dad of girls.

God decided he was so good at parenting, he gave David the gift of his own child, Haiden Elizabeth Newton, who is like him in so many ways, half of which he would not claim if he could help it.

David's love for his family was evident in all that he did. His last three weeks in the hospital he would tell anyone who would listen about his three girls. He told them all about the youngest one, who has a love for all things crafty, and musical! He talked about the two older, and how proud he was of them! He would brag that he was a Pops and that Madelyn and Carson loved him more than KK because he would let them get away with more things than she would.

After fighting a very long and hard battle with Stage 4 Renal Cell Carcinoma, David's body said no more, and he along with his family came to peace with his decision to be comfortable at home.

Survivors include: wife, Kedra Newton of Graham; daughters, Haiden Newton of Graham, Halle Patterson and husband, Kyle of Midland, and Hanna Kellar and Rigo Barrera of Graham; grandchildren, Madelyn and Carson; mother, Patsy Robinson of Snyder.

He was preceded in death by uncle, Eddie Stephens and cousin, Laston Stephens.

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Published by The Graham Leader from Mar. 8 to Mar. 22, 2025.