Gainesville, FL – Perry Blackshear Newton, Jr., 87, died at the Terrance Health and Rehabilitation Center of Gainesville, FL, Sunday, April 19, 2015. A private service will be held with interment in Greenlawn Cemetery. Kannaday Funeral Home in Dillon is assisting the family.
Mr. Newton was born in Red Springs, NC, September 12, 1927, the son of the late Perry Blackshear and Eva McDaniel Newton. He retired as Director of Navy Material Command with the U.S. Government. He served in the United Sates Navy during World War II on the USS Cowie. Perry was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Annapolis, Maryland and was the widower of Mary Sue Newton.
He is survived by his son, Perry Blackshear Newton, III (Rose) of Gainesville, FL; daughters, Elizabeth Allison Newton, Charlotte Anne Keever (Sherrill) both of Valdese, NC, and Julia Lynn Port (John) of Morganton, NC; brothers, Donald Newton (Lillie) of Clemson, SC and Charles Newton of Callas, Va; ten grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.
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