Leora Newman

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Leora Newman, 86, formerly of Morehouse and Sikeston, died April 22, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. at Portageville Nursing Center. She was born on Dec. 20, 1920, in Canalou to the late Leslie and Coela Greer Arbuckle. She taught foods and nutrition for 20 years for the University of Missouri Extension Office in Benton. She was a member of the Morehouse Church of Christ and attended the Portageville Church of Christ. She was a member of the Kingsway Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Sikeston and also belonged to the McMullin Extension Club. She was a volunteer at the Dexter Senior Center for a number of years. She married Phillip L. Newman on Feb. 25, 1939, in New Madrid, and he preceded her in death on Nov. 9, 1991.

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