Obituary: Mary Louise Newton, 88, Holy Cross

Mary Louise Newton, 88 of Holy Cross, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born Nov. 2, 1930, in Holy Cross. She was a former employee of the old Federal Hill Nursing Home and a lifelong member of Holy Cross Church. She enjoyed watching sports, especially golf and UK basketball and was very generous to a variety of charities.

MARY LOUISE NEWTON

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Newton (2011); two daughters, Ann Sharon Bartley and Brenda Sorrell; her mother, Mary Viola Ballard Lyvers Cecil; her father, James Albert Lyvers; four sisters, Gondola Kilner, Louise Lyvers, Leona Lyvers and Catherine Medley; one brother, Ballard Lyvers; her stepfather, Joseph Jesse Cecil, Sr; one stepsister, Dorothy Barnes and one stepbrother, Joseph Jesse “Junior” Cecil.

Survivors include two daughters, Jo Ann Clark (Randy) and Donna Sue Hensley (Danny), both of Bardstown; three sons, Chris Newton (Donna) and Lawrence Newton, both of Holy Cross and Mike Newton of Trigg County; three sisters, Rose Alice Head (Bill) of Naples, Fla., Norma Jean Wood of Shepherdsville and Shirley Miles of Bardstown; three stepsisters, Elizabeth Dennis of Mount Washington, Myrtle Denbo of Florida and Helen Hodge of Indiana; one brother, Hudie Lyvers (Edna Mae) of Louisville; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.

The Mass of Christian Burial is 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 59 New Haven Road, Loretto. Burial is in the church cemetery with the Rev. Bryan T. Lamberson will preside.

Visitation is 3-8 PM Friday at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto with a prayer service at 7 p.m. with Deacon Joseph R. Dant.

Pallbearers are Todd Clark, Dillon Newton, Wesley Curtsinger, Chris Chesser, Jeremy Bartley and Brian Sorrell.

The Mattingly Funeral Home in Loretto is in charge of arrangements.

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