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John Riley Newell - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, July 12, 1979

Funeral services for John Riley Newell, Hunter's Bend & Tallulah were held Thursday in the Parkview 
Baptist Church with the Revs. Xxenkins and Marion Collier officiating. Burial was in Silver Cross 
Cemetery under the direction of Xxxxx Funeral Home of Winnsboro.

Mr. Neweil died Tuesday in the Richland Parish Hospital in Delhi from a long illness.

A native of Franklin County, Miss. Mr. Newell was a resident of Madison Parish for xx years, a retired 
farmer and member of the Warsaw Baptist Church.

Survivors include three sons, John Riley Newell Jr. and Charles Edwin Newell, both of Jackson, Miss., 
and Albert Quitman Newell of Natchez, Miss.; six daughters, Mrs. Lucille Boutwell of Jackson, Mrs. 
Ella Dozier of Laurel, Miss., Mrs. Frances Hoyle of Huntsville, Ala., Mrs. Katie Ruth Boyte of 
Natchez, Miss., Mrs. Nell Bryant of Tallulah, and Mrs. Carolyn Boutwell of Winnsboro; three sisters, 
Mrs. Alva Strong of Natchez, Mrs. Lena Mae Martin of Brookhaven, Miss., Mrs. Katie Huffman of Crystal 
Springs, Miss.; 27 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Randy Smith, George Boutwell, Ralph Bryant, Earl Bryant, Timothy Hoyle and Kenny Hoyle.