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WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT - The Kokomo Tribune; Kokomo, Indiana; Monday, October 12, 1942; Page 5 (Newspapers.com)

Newlon and Koerner Nuptials Performed at Bride's Parents' Home

In a quiet ceremony solominized at 3:45 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the family residence, 1935 South Courtland Avenue, Miss Mary Florence Koerner, above, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Koerner, was united in marriage to James Norman Newlon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Newlon, 1311 South Washington street. The Rev. E. L. Gates, paster of the Main Street Methodist church, performed the double ring ceremony in the presence of the families and a few close friends.

The bride was lovely in a soldier blue street length dress, fashioned in princess style and trimmed with blue braid and silver bow buttons. Her brown pompadour hat had a small veil and other accessories also were in brown. She wore an orchid corsage.

Miss Evelyn Newlon, sister of the bridegroom, was the maid of honor, the bride's only attendant. She wore brown accessories with a brown street length dress, also made along princess lines and trimmed with a white collar. Her shoulder bouquet was yellow pompoms and yellow roses and her only jewlery was silver earrings, the gift of the bride.

The bridegroom and Charles E. Shearer Jr., who was best man, wore white chrysanthemum boutonnieres. Mr. Newlon's gift to his best man was a brown leather billfold.

Mrs. Koerner chose for her daughter's marriage a moss green crepe dress with which she wore brown accessories, while Mrs. Newlon accented her purple rayon jersey dress with black accessories.

Vows were exchanged before an improvised altar arranged between two large windows in the living room. Tall vases of yellow and bronze chrysanthemums and palms formed the setting. Following the ceremony, the bouquets were presented to Mr. and Mrs. John Masten of Coatsville, grandparents of the bridegroom, whose 48th wedding anniversary was on Saturday.

The newly married couple greeted their friends at a reception and wedding supper in the Duke Duchess room from 5 to 6 o'clock. The long tables, seating 25 guests, were centered with yellow and bronze mums and fall leaves, whitle the bridal table's centerpiece was a large three-tier cake. The wedding cake, beautifully decorated in blue and white icing, was topped with a minature bride and bridegroom.

The couple left immediately following the reception for a weekend trip, keeping their destination a secret. They returned to their new apartment, 915 1/2 South Armstrong street on Sunday night.

The bride was graduated from the Kokomo High school with the class of 1940 and is employed in the main office of the Continental Steel corporation. Mr. Newlon, who was also graduated from the Kokomo High school in 1940, is engaged in civil service work by the Austin Construction company.

Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Fulton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Fulton, Mr. and Mrs. Roy F. Thomas and Dick Micheles of Logansport; Mrs. Elmer Koerner of Marion; Miss Florence Koerner of Indianapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. John Masten of Coatsville.

Note: Mr. and Mrs. John Masten were parents of Guilia F. (Masten) Newlon, second wife of Roscoe Ray Newlon. Gulia was the step-mother of James Norman Newlon, making her parents, step-grandparents.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Kokomo, Indiana Tribune, Wednesday, March 27, 1968; Page 42 (Newspapers.com)

INCORPORATION

Newlon Metals Co., 115 W. Monroe, has filed articles of incorporation. It is in the wholesale and retail business in ferrous and nonferrous metals. There are 1,000 shares and directors are James N. Newlon, Mary F. Newlon and John E. Fell Jr.

Inscription:

BELOVED SON, HUSBAND,

FATHER.

Obituary, The Kokomo, Indiana Tribune, 31 DEC 1991, p.8:

James Newlon

Scottsdale, Ariz. -- Services for James "Brad" Newlon, 47, Scottsdale, were conducted Dec. 28 in Green Acres Memorial Gardens.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, Post Office Box 7038, Phoenix, Ariz. 85011, or Arizona Kidney Foundation, 3019 N. 44th St., Suite 100, Phoenix, Ariz. 85018.

Newlon died Thursday, Dec. 26, 1991, in Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. He was born March 14, 1944, in Kokomo, Ind., the son of James and Mary Newlon, who survive in Scottsdale.

He owned Brad Newlon Associates and was an interior designer.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Kokomo Tribune; Kokomo, Indiana; Monday April 25, 1966; Page 3 (Newspapers.com)

Campus Corner

BRAD NEWLON NOW IS DECORATOR

Brad Newlon, 4925, S. Jefferson Rd., graduated on April 7 from Ray-Vogue School of Interior Design, Chicago. At Ray-Vogue, he was elected school representative to AID and NSID interior decorating professional groups. He received the school's first-place award for design two consecutive years, and his 1966 design was been entered in the national NSID contest.

A 1962 graduate of Northwestern High School, Newlon attended Ball State University for two years before entering Ray-Vogue. He has accepted a position with Richard Himmel, AID, of Chicago and Winnetka, Ill.

Newlon's parents are Mr. and Mrs. James Newlon.

Obituary:

Exa Willadean Cox Davalt

Birth: Sep. 16, 1924

Oklahoma, USA

Death: Apr. 30, 2007

Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon, USA

Exa was born on September 16th, 1924 in Meridian, western Oklahoma, to Arthur and Exa Cox. The family soon moved to Oklahoma City, where her father found life-long employment as a city police officer and her sister, Jeannie was born. Exa, then known as Willadean, graduated from Central High School in 1942.

She was briefly married to Samuel Robinson, with whom she had two children, Michael and Pamela. In the late 1940's she was trained as a bookkeeper, and worked in that position until she met and married Francis Everett Davalt in 1954. They established their new home in Houston, Texas, and her children were soon adopted by Everett.

In 1960 the family moved to Del City, Oklahoma, then to Tulsa a few years later. Exa and Everett bought their last home in Owasso, Oklahoma. Her much beloved husband, Everett, died in January, 1980. Afterwards, Exa moved back to Oklahoma City to be close to her daughter and family, then in 1995, Exa moved once more, this time to Lebanon, Oregon where she would be close to her son, Michael Davalt and his wife, Susan Kirk-Davalt. Exa's first Oregon home was at the Oaks Retirement Center of Lebanon. When she broke her hip in 2000, she was transferred to the Mennonite Home to recover from surgery. This soon became her permanent residence, and she enjoyed a peaceful life there.

In late April, 2007, Exa became ill and was transferred to the Lebanon Community Hospital. Her illness gradually worsened, until finally, on April 30th at 1:24 am, she died. Exa's son, Michael was at her bedside. Exa Willadean Davalt was 82 years old. At a later date, Exa will be interred at Tulsa's Memorial Cemetery beside the grave of her late husband, Everett.

Exa is survived by her daughter Pamela, and her son, Michael. Her sister Jeannie Cassil lives in Florissant, Colorado. Additional survivors include her grandaughter Andrea, her two great-grandchildren, Rebecca and Sarah Morris, and her grandson David.

The family respectfully requests that any remembrances be directed to the Mennonite Village Foundation in care of Huston-Jost Funeral Home, 86 W. Grant St., Lebanon, OR 97355.