Newton Wilson Sherman Sr. (1917 - 1971)

Born 18 Nov 1917 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Died 26 Jan 1971 at age 53 in New Hebron, Mississippi, USA

Newton Wilson Sherman Sr. is buried in Peacock Cemetery.

Biography

Father: James Thomas Sherman and :Mother: Florence E. Armstrong.

1. James Bernell
2. Felix L
3. Carrie Marie
4. Eula Matilda
5. Newton Wilson Sherman, Sr. (Nov. 18, 1917 — Jan 26, 1971: Simpson County, Mississippi) (Age at Death: 53).

Newton Wilson Sherman Sr was buried in Shivers, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA (Peacock Cemetery). Race: (White) He lived in Bridgeport, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Grandson). He lived in Sp, Simpson, Mississippi in 1935. He lived in Simpson, Mississippi, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 22; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head).

Newton Wilson Sherman Sr and Jewell Lee had the following children:

1. Newton Wilson Sherman Jr was born on Mar 17, 1937 in New Hebron, Lawrence, Mississippi, USA. He died on Feb 18, 1999 (Age at Death: 61).
2. Jean Evelyn Sherman m. Charles Clark; born on Dec 02, 1938 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA. She died on Dec 19, 2002 (Age: 64).
3. Shelby Sherman
4. Guysell Sherman
5. Patricia Sherman m. Paul Foster
6. Shirley Sherman m. Doug Steverson
7. Sandra Sherman Fortenberry

Obituary

Prentiss Headlight, Prentiss, Mississippi, February 7, 1971

Sherman services held at Spring Hill.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 from Spring Hill Church near Shivers for Wilson Sherman, 53, of Route 2, New Hebron, who died Tuesday night at his home. Rev. C. B. Wiley officiated and interment followed in the Peacock Cemetery with Saulters Funeral Home in charge.

Pallbearers were L. W. Sherman, Jimmy Jennings, Mitchell Cody, Mims Lee, Russell Sherman and Glen Grubbs.

Mr. Sherman was a native and lifelong resident of Simpson County. He engaged in farming before ill health forced his retirement.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jewel Lee Sherman of Route 2, New Hebron; three sons, Newton Wilson Sherman, Jr., Shelby Sherman and Guysell Sherman, all of Route 2, New Hebron; four daughters, Mrs. Charles Clark, Mrs. Paul Foster, Miss Sandra Sherman, all of Route 2, New Hebron; Mrs. Doug Steverson of Hattiesburg; one brother, Felix Sherman of Belle Chase, La., and nine grandchildren.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Published by Prentiss Headlight, Prentiss, Mississippi, February 7, 1971

• Find A Grave: Memorial #44436198
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V962-TPT : accessed 2 December 2015), Newton Sherman, Jan 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M8-684 : accessed 2 December 2015), Newton W Shurman in entry for Matilda C Shurman, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTF-FFM : accessed 2 December 2015), Wilson N Sherman in household of John W Sherman, Bridgeport, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 2B, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,893.