Obituary for Sibyl Newton
Sibyl Eva Woodford Newton, 96, of Charlotte, North Carolina, and formerly of Roanoke County, passed away on Friday, January 20.
Born in Huddleston, Virginia, January 12, 1927, she was a daughter of Eva Laughon and William Garrett Woodford, Sr. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her sister, Betty Jo Woodford Bates, and by her brothers, Marcus K. Woodford, Sr., and William G. Woodford, Jr.
She was a graduate of Huddleston High School, Class of 1944, and of Radford College, Class of 1948, after which she taught home economics at Ridgeway High School in Henry County, Bedford High School in Bedford, and Woodrow Wilson Junior High School in Roanoke.
She was a member of Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church.
She was predeceased by her husband of 66 years, Louis Maitland Newton. She is survived by daughters Alice Newton Harris and husband Bill of Fayetteville, Georgia; Ellen Newton Auten and husband Mark of Mooresville, North Carolina; and Julia Newton Buie and husband David of Charlotte, North Carolina; granddaughters Mary Ellen Auten Gillespie and husband Brian, Laura Auten Christman and husband Matt, Caroline Harris Thornton and husband Stephen, Anne Buie Secrest and husband John, Rebecca Auten, Elizabeth Buie, Charlotte Harris, and Sarah Harris; a grandson, William Buie; great granddaughters Madeline and Amelia Christman, Eleanor and Henrietta Thornton; one niece and eight nephews.
The burial will be held at Evergreen Burial Park in Roanoke, Virginia, on Saturday, January 28 at 1:00 p.m. A Service of Witness to the Resurrection will follow at 2:00 pm at Oakey’s Roanoke Chapel, 318 Church Avenue, SW. The family will receive friends following the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Rescue Mission of Roanoke, P.O. Box 11525, Roanoke, Virginia, 24022.
We will be live-streaming the service for those who cannot attend. Click on the link below to view the service.
A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her …. Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31: 10-11a, 30