Emma Stapleton

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Died:
MRS. EMMA S. NEWMAN 1979
Mrs. Emma S. Newman, 70, of Jonesville, died Thursday in the Lee County Community Hospital after a short illness.
She was a lifelong resident of Lee County and a member of the Jonesville First United Methodist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Chris C. Newman; one son, Bobby L. Newman, Virginia Beach, Va.; one daughter, Mrs. Shirley George, Suffolk, Va.; one brother, Charles Stapleton, Jonesville; three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Parsons, Charlotte Courthouse, VA., Mrs. Ruth Hall, Jonesville, and Mrs. Ann Hibbert, Arcadia, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon in the Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. John Williams officiating. Burial was held in the Newman cemetery.
Davidson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. (Obit courtesy of Nell Newman) 

Emma married Christopher Columbus Newman on 22 Dec 1934 in Lee Co, VA. Christopher (son of Charles Campbell Newman and Rebecca Emma Jessee) was born on 9 May 1903 in Lee Co, VA; died on 16 Jun 1992 in Lee Co, VA; was buried in Lee Co, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Groom's Name: Chris Newman
Groom's Birth Date: 1903
Groom's Birthplace: Lee Co, Va
Groom's Age: 31
Bride's Name: Emma Stapleton
Bride's Birth Date: 1908
Bride's Birthplace: Lee Co, Va
Bride's Age: 26
Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1934
Marriage Place: Lee, Virginia
Groom's Father's Name: Cam Newman
Groom's Mother's Name: Emma Jessee
Bride's Father's Name: Robert Stapleton
Bride's Mother's Name: Mattie Noe
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01794-9
System Origin: Virginia-EASy
Source Film Number: 2048459
Reference Number: Image 609
Collection: Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940

1. Shirley Newman was born about 1936 in VA; and died.
2. Robert Lee Newman was born about 1937 in Lee Co, VA; died on 11 Mar 2023 in Marion Co, FL.