ERNEST T. NEWBERRY

CHAFFEE -- Ernest T. Newberry, 87, of Chaffee died Friday, June 26, 1998, at Woodlawn Nursing Home in Batesville, Ark.

He was born Feb. 10, 1911, in Agnos, Ark., son of Joseph and Amanda Roxie Tucker Newberry. On Oct. 2, 1937, he married Edith Hunter at Portageville. She died April 17, 1996.

He was an aircraft worker for McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach, Calif. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Chaffee and was an Army veteran of World War II.

He is survived by three sons, Gerald Ray Newberry of Sturgis, Mich., Joseph Edwin Newberry of Torrance, Calif., Paul Newberry of Chaffee; a daughter, Norma Faye Martin of Batesville; a sister, Nola Harris of Piggott, Ark.; 11 grandchildren; a number of great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Three daughters, a brother and sister preceded him in death.

Friends may call Monday at 5 p.m. at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel. Burial will be at Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee.