Corporal William Aaron Newton, Jr., died February 7, 1951, in Korea. He was born on May 22, 1928, in Sikestown, Missouri. Corporal Newton entered the United States Army December 29, 1948, and served in the Far East command. He was captured by the Korean Army and died as a prisoner of war in Korea.
Survivors include his daughter, Diane Bullock and her husband, Daryl, of Sour Lake; sisters, Brenda Rodman of California and Shirley Nolan of Palm Springs, California; grandchildren, Lonnie Mullins of Monticello, Indiana and Jimmy Mullins of Sour Lake; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
A graveside service for Corporal Newton will be 3:00 p.m., Friday, December 20, 2013, at Pine Ridge Cemetery, 13430 FM 421, Kountze, under the direction of Broussard’s, 530 West Monroe, Kountze.
