Sarah Lou (Smithers) Newport (1925 - 2015)

Born 5 Aug 1925 in Robbins, Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Wife of Leon Newport — married 25 Dec 1942 (to 9 May 2004) in Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Died 30 Nov 2015 at age 90 in Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Sarah was born on August 5, 1925 at Robbins in Scott County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Edward Smithers and Florence ( Biby ) Smithers. She married Leon Newport on December 25, 1942 in Scott County. Sarah passed away on November 30, 2015 at home in Oneida, Scott County.

Father : Edward Smithers 1887-1961 Find A Grave memorial # 100383966, [1]

Mother : Florence ( Biby ) Smithers 1887-1939 Find A Grave memorial # 115790690, [2]

Obituary,

Sarah Lou Smithers Newport, 90, of Oneida passed away Monday, November 30, 2015, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Ed and Florence Biby Smithers. She was a member of the Landmark Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Newport; sisters, Mary Chitwood, Mae Lawson, Versie Muse, Sue Bowling and Zilpha Seber; brothers, Willie and wife Thelma Smithers, James Smithers, Gene Smithers, and special son-in-law, Stanley Jay Gordon, Jr. Survivors include her children, Don and wife Betty Newport of Maryville; Beulah and husband Glenn Young of Robbins; Wanda Dunlap of Oneida; Denny and wife Marcy Newport of Punta Gorda, FL, and Shirley Gordon of Louisville, KY; 10 grandchildren: Donna and Nathanial Sequoyah; Zena Newport, Jessica Bowman, Allen and Cathy Young; Angie and Jeff Spurgeon; Brent and Christy Dunlap; Blake and Sarah Dunlap; Sean and Christa Newport; and Beth and Mark Robertson; 18 great-grandchildren; sister, Cora and husband Barney Moffett; brothers, Howard Smithers, Gleason Smithers, Ray Smithers, and Daniel Smithers; special friend, Linda Foster; and a host of special nieces and nephews and a multitude of family and friends. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, December 2 at 8 P.M. at the First Baptist Church in Oneida with Dr. Doug White officiating. Music was provided by the First Baptist Church Choir. Interment was held Thursday, December 3 at 11 A.M. in the Black Creek Crossroads Cemetery. Pallbearers were her grandsons. You may sign the online guest book at www.westmurleyfh.net. WEST-MURLEY FUNERAL HOME was in charge of the arrangements. (Source: The Scott County News, 10 Dec 2015, p4A)

Sources

Burial : Black Creek Cross Roads Cemetery, Robbins, Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A. Burial Date : December 3, 2015 Find A Grave memorial # 155577246 [3]

• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155577246/sarah-lou-newport : accessed 15 September 2021), memorial page for Sarah Lou Smithers Newport (5 Aug 1925–30 Nov 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 155577246, citing Black Creek Cross Roads Cemetery, Robbins, Scott County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) .

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6K-XQ6 : 4 December 2014), Leon Newport and Sarah Smither, 25 Dec 1942; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 384, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQ1-FZ8 : accessed 24 February 2017), Sarah Smithers in household of Florence Smithers, District 2, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 7A, line 49, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2271; FHL microfilm 2,342,005.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-VVM : accessed 24 February 2017), Sarah Smithers in household of Allen G Mullens, Civil District 3, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-6, sheet 1A, line 36, family 9, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3932.

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FSM-CF3C : Sun Jan 29 16:51:07 UTC 2023), Entry for Leon Newport and Sarrah Newport, 10 April 1950.Scott, Tennessee, From <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSM-CF3D>