Carmen Gaudet Newton, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away on September 2, 2007. Carmen was born July 17, 1910 in Thibodeaux, Louisiana to Oliver Gaudet and Bertha Toups Gaudet. Following her childhood in the countryside of Bayou Lafourche, she moved to Beaumont, Texas where she met her husband of fifty-seven years, Reggie Newton, who predeceased her in 1997.
Carmen and Reggie were active residents of Beaumont and participated in many local civic activities including the Lioness Club of which she was a former President. In their later years, the couple moved to Nacogdoches where they would both spend their remaining years.
She is survived by her daughter, Clare Marie Norman and her husband Jack; son, Dan Newton and his wife Betty; grandchildren, Trae Norman and his wife Lisa, Tim Norman and his wife Summer, Tina Norman, Chris Newton and wife Lisbet, and Melissa Grammer and her husband Chris. She was also great grandmother to Daniel and James Newton and Ty and Jacob Norman.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 5 ,2007 at St. Anne Catholic Church followed by burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont. A rosary will be recited 6:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, September 4, 2007 at the mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Anne Catholic Church, P O Box 3429, Beaumont, Texas 77704 or Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 2508 Appleby Sand Road, Nacogdoches, Texas 75965.
