Jewell M. SISEMORE

  General Notes:

MARRIAGE: Jewell was age 15 when she married Jess Newton in 1940.

OBITUARY:
Jewell M. (Sisemore) Newton, 85 year old Checotah resident died Tuesday, January 11, 2011 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Jewell was born on Wednesday, June 10, 1925 in Texanna, Oklahoma to Ira and Rennie Ogle Sisemore. She grew up in the Eufaula area, suffering from tuberculosis as a child. Jewell married her love, Jess Newton, on Thursday, October 3, 1940 in Eufaula, Oklahoma at the age of fifteen. She then worked in a drugstore before moving to California in 1947. The Newton family lived in California, where their three sons were raised. Jewell owned and operated Newton's Child Care in Wasco, California for thirty years. In 1992 Jewell and Jess returned to the Eufaula area where she enjoyed her favorite hobby \endash her family. She was known as a very caring, loving and welcoming Christian lady. Jewell became a Christian in 1945. She was a member of the First Assembly of God of Checotah. She was preceded in death by her Parents; one sister-in-law, Roberta Sisemore. Jewell is lovingly survived by her husband, Jess of the home; three sons, Doug Newton and wife Linda, Steve Newton and wife Adrian, Paul Newton and wife Tammy; eleven grandchildren, Leslie Putman, Laurie Thomas, Robert Newton, Brent Frost, Nicole English, Cheri Frost, Julie Watson, Jared Newton, KateLynn Newton, Nicholas Newton, Mandy Newton; eleven great grandchildren, Daniel, Jake, Sidney, Colby, Chase, Presley, Zane, Harley, Riley, Mazie, Ella; two brothers, Harold Sisemore and wife Dorothy, Bill Sisemore, other extended family, and a host of friends. Funeral services will be 11AM Friday, January 14, 2011, First Assembly of God, Checotah, with Reverend Paul Butler officiating. Committal prayers and Interment will follow in Triplett Cemetery under the personal direction of John Garrett. Jared Newton, Robert Newton, Nicholas Newton, Joel Thomas, Jake Thomas, Daniel Dawson, Rick Putman are serving as casket bearers. Garrett Family Funeral Home.

(courtesy of Find A Grave, Memorial # 64093975)

  Research Notes:

Find A Grave, Memorial # 64093975

Jewell married Jess Leonard NEWTON, son of Henry Henson NEWTON and Agness HURST, on 3 Oct 1940 in Eufaula, McIntosh County, Oklahoma. (Jess Leonard NEWTON was born on 7 Jun 1919 in Texanna, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, died on 26 Oct 2012 in Checotah, McIntosh County, Oklahoma and was buried in Triplett Cemetery, Texanna, McIntosh County, Oklahoma.)