Mr. Michael Newell's Obituary
MICHAEL NEWELL WAS BORN FEBRUARY 10, 1949 TO OLEE AND LULA MAE NEWELL HE ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND HE JOINED THE FAIRVIEW MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM. AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, MIKE JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY WHERE HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH HONOR. AFTER LEAVING THE MILITARY, HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH KIMBRELL ROOFING COMPANY, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HIS HEALTH FAILED. AFTER AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD OF ILLNESS, MIKE ENDED HIS EARTHLY EXISTENCE ON APRIL 29, 2015. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER OLEE NEWELL AND HIS MOTHER LULA MAE NEWELL HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY: HIS WIFE LINDA NEWELL, FIVE CHILDREN, FOUR DAUGHTERS, AURELIUS, KEISHA, MERCEDES, MARIA, ONE SON OMAR AND ONE STEPSON KEVIN JOHNSON (SABRINA) Of ATLANTA, GEORGIA. HIS BROTHERS, JLEE NEWELL (BETTY), ALLEN RAY NEWELL(BETTY), BOBBY NEWELL (ANN) AND ERIC NEWELL, TWO SISTERS ROSEMARY CROSS (MELVIN) AND JANET JOHNSON ALL OF MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, ONE AUNT, MARY McCOY AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, CLASSMATES, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.
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