Newman, Cecil R.

Mr. Cecil R. Newman, 84, of Meadows of Dan, Va., passed away Friday, September 3, 2010, at the VA Medical Center in Salem. Born on April 4, 1926, he was the son of the late Eugene H. and Violet Clifton Newman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Moncella Gray and Violet Paunee Rorrer. Cecil was a veteran of World War II, serving in the United States Navy on the USS Bernadou. He was a member of Conner's View Primitive Baptist Church. He was a distributor in the wholesale egg business for 38 years, and had worked at Haynes Construction for 14 years. Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Agnes Stanley Newman, of the home; three daughters and their spouses, Phyllis and Tom Botkins, of Hot Springs, Virginia, Maxine and Mike Boaz, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Karen and Richard Wood, of Meadows of Dan; five grandsons and eight great-grandchildren. Also surviving are three brothers and their spouses, Garvin and Janice Newman, of Florida, Aubrey and Mavis Newman, of Daleville, and Elroy and Iva Newman, of Lynchburg; and four sisters, Wanetta Doss, of Stuart, Betty Jenkins, of Ridgeway, Nagatha Wirt, of Craig County, and Evelena Dalton and husband, Joe, of Meadows of Dan. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Moody Funeral Home in Stuart with Elder Edward Bowman and Elroy Newman officiating. Burial will follow in the Stanley Family Cemetery at Laurel Fork with military rites by the Patrick County Veterans Memorial Honor Guard. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home, and at other times at the home. If desired, memorials may be made to Conner's View Primitive Baptist Church, c/o Oneda Conner, 7005 Belcher Mountain Road, Woolwine, Virginia 24185 or to the Stanley Family Cemetery, c/o Karen Wood, 441 Busted Rock Road, Meadows of Dan, Virginia 24120. Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.moodyfuneralservices.com.