Barbara Newman's Obituary
Barbara Pitts Newman, 81, of Memphis, died October 13, 2016 at home. She was born in Somers Point, New Jersey March 12, 1935. She moved to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1947. She graduated from Little Rock Central High School and attended University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She moved to Memphis in 1957 where she was employed at Memphis Title Company and retired after 48 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, A. J. and Leila Pitts; sister, Jean McNeil, of Little Rock, AR. She leaves her husband, James Ford Newman and daughter, Lisa, of Memphis; brother-in-law, Joe Pete McNeil, of Little Rock, AR; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Norman and Nell Newman, of Millington, TN; eight nieces and nephews; eighteen great-nieces and great-nephews; and three great-great-nephews. Visitation will be 10:30-11:30 a.m. on October 19, 2016 at Memorial Park Funeral Home with a graveside service following. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119, “Celebrating Life… Behind the Stone Wall”.
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