Newton David McKee

Newton David McKee

• Newton David McKee was born on 26 December 1882 in Texas.
• Newton David McKee registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, while living in Corsicana, and employed in Waco as a cotton broker.
• He married Sloan Johnson, daughter of Ebenezer Wiley Johnson and Frances Louisa McMillan, circa 1921.
• Newton David McKee and Sloan Johnson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Highland Park, Dallas County, Texas, at 3113 St. John's Drive.
• Newton David McKee became a widower at the 5 August 1964 death of his wife Sloan Johnson.
• Newton David McKee died on 14 November 1965 at age 82 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
• He was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 15 November 1965 in the Dallas Morning News: Newton David McKee, 83, of 4821 Norma, Fort Worth, a Dallas cotton broker for many years before his retirement in 1962, died Sunday in Fort worth. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Westminster Presbyterian Church in Corsicana. Burial will be in Oak Wood Cemetery there. Mr. McKee, a native of Cherokee County, had lived in Dallas most of his life before moving to Fort Worth in 1962. He was a member and elder in the Highland Park Presbyterian Church. Survivors: A daughter, Mrs. Cletas Hines of Midland; a sister, Mrs. Walter Garland of Fort Worth, and two grandchildren.

• Last Edited: 9 Apr 2007