NEWMAN, Inez Elberson

Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1960 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1967

Mrs. Inez Newman, age 70, of 412 Eighth St., Covington died at 8:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in the Danville Care Nursing Home where she had been a patient for 10 days. She had been in ill health for the past year.

Mrs. Newman was born Oct. 1, 1896, at Perrysville, the daughter of James B. and Margaret Patterson Elberson. She was married May 28, 1927, to Harry C. Newman, who preceded her in death in November 1958. She was a graduate of Perrysville High School and a resident of Danville, Ill., from 1918 to 1960. She had made her home in Covington with her sister, Mrs. Cassie Mitchell, since 1960. She was a member of the Perrysville Methodist Church and the Covington Book Lovers Club.

She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Robe (Cassie) Mitchell of Covington.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home in Covington. The Rev. P.J. Hamilton, pastor of the Covington Methodist Church, officiated. Burial was in Lower Mound Cemetery, southwest of Covington. - jz