Minnie E. Ayers Newton, 106, Lebanon, died at 9 a.m., January 21, 1991, at Cedars of Lebanon Nursing Home, Lebanon. Newton was a native of Taylor County, a housewife, and a member of the Woodlawn Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas G. Newton in 1949; her parents, Jim and Sarah V. Hopkins Ayers; one son, James T. Newton ; and one daughter, Dolly Begemann. Newton is survived by one son, Otha Newton, Lebanon; five daughters, Altha N. Bland, Campbellsville, Mary Kemp, Greenwood , Indiana, and Bess Isaacs, Minnie Turner and Helen Webb, all of Lebanon; 15 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; 49 great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-granddaughter. The funeral was at 1 p.m. , January 24, 1991, at Bosley Funeral Home with burial in Palestine Cemetery in Campbellsville. The Rev. Chuck Overton officiated.
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"1900 United States Federal Census". Year: 1900; Census Place: Ireland, Taylor, Kentucky; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0119; FHL microfilm: 1240552. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #21807687 (accessed 27 October 2021). Minnie L Ayers (14), single daughter in household of James S Ayers (42) in Ireland, Taylor, Kentucky. Born in Kentucky, USA.
"Marriage records 1848-1973," database with images, Family Search, accessed 27 October 2021, Thomas G Newton and Lizzie Ayers, 7 April 1904, Taylor County, Kentucky, FHL film #005560917, image 186 of 723, Taylor County Court Clerk, Marriage records, Volumes 15-16 1902-1909
"1910 United States Federal Census". Year: 1910; Census Place: District 3, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: T624_503; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 0134; FHL microfilm: 1374516. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #194503630 (accessed 27 October 2021). Minnie Newton, wife, in household of Tom J Newton (40) in District 3, Taylor, Kentucky, USA. Born in Kentucky.
"1930 United States Federal Census". Year: 1930; Census Place: East Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2340513. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #80456222 (accessed 27 October 2021). Minnie L Newton, wife, in household of Thomas Newton (55) in Campbellsville and Spurlington Pike, East Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, USA. Born in Kentucky.
"1940 United States Federal Census". Year: 1940; Census Place: Lebanon, Marion, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01338; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 78-4. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #50483341 (accessed 27 October 2021). Minnie Newton (43), wife, in household of Thomas Newton (70) in Lebanon, Marion, Kentucky. Born in Kentucky.
"Kentucky, U.S., Death Index, 1911-2000". Ancestry Record 3077 #1785747 (accessed 27 October 2021). Minnie E Newton death 21 Jan 1991 (age 106) in Marion volume 4.
"U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014". Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File. Ancestry Record 3693 #45304869 (accessed 3 November 2021). Minnie Newton, birth 23 January 1885, death Jan 1991.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68706656/minnie-elizabeth-newton : accessed 27 October 2021), memorial page for Minnie Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ayers Newton (3 Jan 1885–21 Jan 1991), Find A Grave: Memorial #68706656, citing Palestine Cemetery, Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Remembered Angels (contributor 47761329) .
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