contributed by Larry Toler

GOREVILLE - - Aileen Newton, 75, a lifelong resident, died at 7:20 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, 1987, in Franklin Skilled Nursing Care Unit in Benton.
    She had been a postal clerk at the Goreville post office and had worked as a clerk in Foster's Department Store.
    She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, National Association of Federal Employees, National Association of Retired Persons and Goreville Senior Citizens.  She was a former member of Order of the Eastern Star.
    Born April 10, 1911, in Goreville, she was the daughter of William P. and Frances J. Terry Henley.
    She married Robert Ralls Newton in Marion in 1933.
    He survives, along with a son, Bill Newton of Sherman; two grandsons; a niece; and a nephew.
    She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.
    Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church, with burial in Cana Cemetery.
    Friends may call after 5 p.m. Tuesday at Meredith Funeral Chapel.