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Douglas Alan Newton

M, #149834, b. 18 February 1933, d. 8 February 2007

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Family: Shirley Patricia Short

Daughter

Mitzi Kaye Newton+

Biography

Douglas Alan Newton was born on 18 February 1933 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT,

; son of Gilbert P. and Effie L. (Delack) Newton, per Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.

He married Shirley Patricia Short in October 1959,

; Kingsport Times News, Kingsport, Tennessee; Sunday, 11 OCT 1959, page 2B, column 4 (ancestry.com):

Wedding Permits Issued to 22

The County Clerk, issued wedding permits to 11 couples in Kingsport for the last two weeks. Permits were issued to:

Douglas Alan Newton, 26, and Shirley Patricia Short, 24, both of Kingsport.

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NOTE: Douglas was first married to Jean Marie Newell (b.1936) on 9 JUN 1956 at Yonkers, New York, and was granted a divorce from her on 18 SEP 1959 at Roanoke, Virginia. The divorce decree indicates that the basis was desertion by the wife, that there was one child born to the marriage, that they had been separated since 14 AUG 1958, and that the divorce had been contested.

Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Divorce Records, 1918-2014 (Ancestry.com.)

He died on 8 February 2007.

Douglas Alan Newton began military service on 8 July 1954 Korean War era service, discharged 9 APR 1956. Occupation: WSLS radio station, Roanoke, Virginia, per divorce record in 1959. He lived between 1983 and 1992 in 637 Foothills Road, Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN. He lived in 1992 in 3132 Memorial Road, Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN. He lived in 1997 in 608 Willowcrest Place, Kingsport, Sullivan Co., TN.

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11 March 2022 00:00:00