Dr. ERNEST DOUGLAS NEWTON

I just now found out that my loving caring and gentle Doctor Newton died. 2/12/2020. I am in tears. He was my Hero. He gave me my life back. After 8 surgeries I was able to be look at my disfigured body and deal with it. God Blessed the day I met him. So sorry for your tremendous Loss. Thank You. I am heart broken. We were the same age.

To Robin Newton,
I lament the passing of your Husband. I lament ,almost as much, that I did not know he had moved to Walden as I live in Signal Mountain, not five miles distant. I have thought of him often in the last fifty years, since my wife and I had him to breakfast in the apartment complex in Memphis, on Poplar Avenue ,where we
both lived in the Spring of 1968. We were undergraduates together in Knoxville and shared a class where he coined my nickname and joined my life. I thought he was a Plastic Surgeon in Knoxville and knew no more. I would have visited him had I been aware that he was here. He was very Bright, and even better very Quick with a wicked Humor. I liked him immensely.
After all is done I would enjoy a brief conversation, should you feel it appropriate. I am in the Signal Mountain Directory, but best to leave a message.
Should I never hear I understand and wish you well.
Robert F. Phlegar MD
617 Mississippi Avenue
Signal Mountain, TN

Dr. Newton was one of a kind. He was a true southerner and always had a story to tell. I had the opportunity to work with him at Jefferson Hospital. He loved taking care of people and always had a kind word.

I had the pleasure of working as his nurse practitioner for 8 years. Everyday was a new learning experience mixed in with a few laughs. He may have been my boss, but he was also my friend. Rest easy and it was a pleasure knowing and working with you. You were the best.

SUCH A WONDERFUL SURGEON. SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON IN GENERAL. MAY JEHOVAH GOD REMEMBER YOU IN THE RESURRECTION. MAY HE ALSO BE WITH YOUR FAMILY AT THIS SORROWFUL TIME.

May God bless and comfort you and your family during this difficult period, please accept my sincere condolences.

The Connelly Family

Please accept our deepest sympathies for your loss. May the God of all comfort make your hearts firm at this difficult time. Find comfort in the words found at 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 17

I remember Doug so well from our days at Webb. One of the really good guys.
Jane Lentz Kretzmann

George & Sharen Sakel, Marianna, Pa

tall and lincolnesque in appearance, a great surgeon and a one-of-a-kind southern gentleman with intellect and incredible wit, he left permanent memories at West Penn Hospital in Pgh--I am sad at his passing....Fred Porkolab MD

Dear Family of Dr. Newton,

I am so very sorry for your loss. I truly enjoyed getting to know Dr. Newton (along with his mother, brother and sister and some of his children).

He was always a pleasure and such a kind man.
I hope you will find comfort and peace in your many happy memories.

Lisa Beal
Home Fed Bank /Trust

Doug was such a pleasure to grace our 2017 Master Gardener class this year. He was constantly inquisitive and humorous, which stimulated others to do the same. I could tell he was brilliant but he never let us know his stature. He was just another gardener in our class.