Rosa Mae Newton Humphrey, 90, of Tifton passed away Sunday, April 4, 2004, at Tift Health Care. Her funeral service was held at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, 2004, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Jimmy Odum officiating. Mrs. Humphrey was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Mrs. Humphrey's nephews served as pallbearers.
Born August 10, 1913, in Moultrie, Mrs. Humphrey was the daughter of the late Frank Newton and Lucy Brooks Newton. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Curtis Humphrey, who passed away in 1983; three sisters, Kate Burley, Gladys Howard and Frankie Allen; and three brothers, Clyde Newton, Jay Newton and A. D. Newton. Before retiring, she worked at the Alpine Restaurant in Tifton for several years and then was a homemaker. She was a member of Tifton's Second Baptist Church.
Mrs. Humphrey is survived by three sisters, Grace Bradley and Dorothy Sloan, both of Moultrie and Mary Giddings of Laverne, California; several nieces and nephews; several great-nieces and great-nephews; several great-great nieces and great-great nephews; and her special family friends, Vertie Lee Purvis and Mildred Kegebein.
Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice of Tift Area, 618 Central Avenue North, Tifton, GA 31794 or Tifton's Second Baptist Church, now Victory Baptist Church, P. O. Box 7551, Tifton, Ga 31793.