Heaven received an amazing lady Thursday, December 17, 2016. Marilyn Merle Dotson Newman bravely and graciously lost her battle with cancer at Hospice Ministries after a brief illness. She was 86 years old.
She had a servant’s heart and spent her life caring for her family, which included 9 siblings, 26 nieces and nephews, and most recently, her heart and namesake, great-niece Marilyn Rose.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel P. Newman; her parents, Major Melvin Dotson and Mildred Patrick Dotson; and 7 of her siblings.
Survivors include sisters, Martha Fairley (Charles), and Cheryl Hannon (Phillip); and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 9:00-11:00am, Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at Lakeshore Congregational Methodist Church on Siwell Road in Byram. Funeral services will follow at 11:00am in the church sanctuary with interment in Lakewood Memorial Park, Clinton Boulevard.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lakeshore Congregational Methodist Church or the Methodist Children’s Home.
