Lonnie Newson

Lonnie Newson

January 20, 1960 ~ February 24, 2026 (age 66)

LONNIE LEE NEWSON WAS BORN JANUARY 20TH, 1960 IN JACKSON, TNTO THE LATE JACK NEWSON, JR. AND INEZ BOWDEN NEWSON COLE.

HE DEPRTED THIS LIFE ON FEBRUARY 24, 2026 AT JACKSON -MADISON GENERAL HOSPITAL.

HIS FUNERAL SERVICE WAS HELD ON SATURDAY MARCH 7, 2026 AT THE JEROME BOYD CHAPEL AT DIXIE FUNERALHOME.  BURIAL WAS IN THE MT. ZION CEMETERY AND DIXIEFUNERAL HOME www.dixiefuneralhome.com) WAS IN CHARGE OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.

LONNIE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL IN MIDDLETON, TN. WHERE HE GRADUATED ON MAY 19, 1979.

LONNIE PROFESSED A HOPE IN CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE OAK HILL MB CHURCH IN BOLIVAR, TN. HE LATER JOINED GREEN GROVE MB CHURCH WITH HIS FATHER. LATER, HE JOINED CLOVER CREEK MB CHURCH IN MEDON UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR EARL LEE BOWDEN UNTIL HIS PASSING.

LONNIE WORKED AT DIFFERENT JOBS: S.P. SHELLY FOR THIRTY TWO YEARS, OH TASTE AND SEE, AND EP MINERALS.

LONNIE LOVED FOOTBALL (DALLAS COWBOYS) AND LOVED COOKING, FISHING, AND HELPING THE GRANDCHILDRENS TO PLAY SPORTS.

LONNIE WAS UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMNY TO GLORIA ANN GATLIN IN 1990. TO THIS UNION,ONE CHILD WAS BORN, GLORIA LONNELL NEWSON, WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH IN 1987. HE LATER HAD ANOTHER DAUGHTER, MARIE JONES WHO ALSO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. ON APRIL 14, 1990, ANOTHER DAUGHTER WAS BORN, CHASSIDEY LYNN NEWSON (DESMOND).

LONNIE LEAVES TO CHERISH IS MEMORIES: ONE DAUGHTER, CHASSIDEY LYNN NEWSON (DESMOND); THREE BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN, OLIVIA JANAY, NEVACH SYMONE, AND DESMOND LERONE; TWO SISTERS, JACQUELINE E. JONES AND SHELIA M. MCKINNEY; ONE BROTHER, TYRON COLE (KAYLA). IN ADDITION, LONNIE LOVE AKINA C. WARREN (ALEX) AND JEANELL Y. KEARNEY (KENNETH); THREE STEPBROTHERS, DAVID AND DONALD COLE, AND WILLIE COLE; FOUR STEPSISTERS, VENEDA, DEBRA, TONIE, AND LUCILLE; TO AUNTS, CLARA B. JACKSO AND FLORINE STIGER; THREE UNCLES, EARL LEE BOWDEN, ANDERSON L. BOWDEN, AND W.C. BOWDEN AND HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND FRIENDS. 

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