Mrs. Rita Janice Holland Newton, 78, of Hawkinsville, Ga., passed away Thursday, September 17, 2020 in at Home Senior Living in Cochran, Ga.

     A visitation will be held at Clark Funeral Home Chapel on Sunday, September 20th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm (EDT). A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 11:00 am (EDT) at Fairfax Cemetery in Valley, Alabama. Friends wishing to pay respects are invited to come by the Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley on Monday, September 21 from 3:00 until 5:00 PM (EDT).

     Mrs. Newton was a native of Natchitoches, Louisiana and a member of the Broad Street Baptist Church. She was a retired secretary having worked at Codi. She loved interior design, walking and needle work.

     She was preceded in death by her parents, Lewis and Ina Anderson Holland and her son, John Newton.

     Survivors include her husband Joseph Newton of Hawkinsville Ga.;daughters, Leah N. McLeod (Marty) of Pinehurst, Ga., Lisa N. Long (Michael) of Haynesville, Ga., Joan Newton Gordon (Shann) of Hawkinsville, Ga.; 7 grandchildren, Jordan Floyd Falen, Dalton Laidler McLeod, Spencer Gordon, Sydney Sheffield, Madelynn Rita McLeod, Madison Jean Grinstead, Kendall Gordon; 2 great-grandchildren, Roman Tyler Falen and Reed Joseph Falen.

     Please visit Mrs. Newton’s Memorial Tribute page at www.johnsonbrownservicefh.com to leave a condolence for her family, to share a memory of Mrs. Newton, or to light a Remembrance Candle in her memory.

     Clark Funeral Home of Hawkinsville, Georgia and Jonson Brown-Service Funeral Home of Valley, Alabama directing.