James H. Newberry
05/10/1918 ~ 02/12/2001
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James H. Newberry, 82, son of the late
Thomas Pemberton Newberry and Willie Winlock Newberry of Hiseville, died on
February 12, 2001 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital.
Mr. Newberry served with the U.S. Army
in the Pacific Theatre during World War II.
After leaving the army, he farmed with his brothers and later he worked
with Kentucky Farm Bureau.
A graduate of Western Kentucky
University, Mr.
Newberry was a member of a family of educators, all of whom taught at some time
in their careers. He was a one-room
school teacher before entering WWII and after the war, he taught Veterans’
Agriculture Classes. He served in
the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1958 through 1959 and in the Kentucky
State Senate from 1964 through 1967.
He was a member of the Hiseville
Baptist Church where he served as deacon for many years before being named
Deacon Emeritus. He was a former
member and vice chairman of the Glasgow-Barren County City-County Planning
Commission, a former director of the Hiseville Deposit Bank (now a part of Area
Banks) and a director of Newberry Brothers, Inc., a family farm operation.
Survivors include his wife, the former Carrie Walker,
a native of Columbia, Ky.; two sons, James H. Newberry, Jr. and his wife, Cheryl
Ann of Lexington, Steven W. Newberry and his wife, Vickie of Hiseville; two
grandsons, Walker Newberry of Hiseville and Drew Newberry of Lexington; a
sister-in-law, Emily Newberry of Hiseville; two nieces and two nephews.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, Frank Newberry and Maxie
Newberry of Hiseville, Leslie Newberry of Russellville and Tom Newberry of
Arizona; and four sisters, Mary Jo Thomason of Hiseville, Ruth Saunders of Cave
City-Hiseville, Mattie Vernon Newberry and Caroline Newberry of Hiseville.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Thursday at
the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home with burial in the Hiseville Cemetery.
Friends may call after 12 noon Wednesday at the funeral home.
Alternate expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to
the Hiseville
Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 131, Hiseville, KY 42152, or to the City
of Hiseville, Hiseville, KY 42152.