Crowley—Funeral services for Donald Fondy Newman, 71, of Conyers, GA will be held on Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. in Duhon Funeral Home Chapel, Crowley. Interment will follow in Ky Hebert Cemetery, Roberts Cove.

Visitation will be held on Friday, August 3, 2012 from 5:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. in Duhon Funeral Home, Crowley, and will continue on Saturday from 9:00 A.M. until service time in the funeral home.

Donald passed away on Monday, July 30, 2012 in his Conyers, GA residence.

A longtime resident of Conyers, GA, Donald was a previously active member of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate), as well as having served as president of Toastmasters Association. Don was a devoted Family “Pioneer”…Husband, Loving Father, Caring Grandfather, and Friend to Many. He always had something peculiar up his sleeve to make people smile. He will be greatly missed by everyone whose life he touched. Don was a renowned inspirational writer to all who knew his love for writing poems to be presented on special occasions.

Survivors include his loving wife, Mary Jeannette Davis Newman of Conyers, GA; sons, Pacerd Dwayne Newman and wife, Melanie D. Newman of Crowley, and Patrick Andrew Newman and wife, Larchal of Woodbridge, VA; daughter, Marlana Maureen Martin of Winder, GA; sister, Patsy Ann Hill of Yuba City, CA; nephews, Mark Hill of Yuba City, CA, and Vernon Heiskell of Amarillo, TX; niece, Melisa Hill of Yuba City, CA; grandchildren, Tillie Morgan and husband, Josh of Iota, Eric Newman of Iota, McKenna, Meghan, and Benjamin Newman of Woodbridge, VA, and Stephanie Martin of Winder, GA; and great-grandchildren, Lance, Jayden, and Maddox Morgan of Iota, and Brileigh Newman of Iota.

Preceding Don in death were his parents, Emery Vernon Newman and Annie Mae Fondy Newman; and sister, Vernnie Mae Newman Day.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.duhonfuneralhome.com

Duhon Funeral Home, LLC of Crowley has been entrusted with arrangements.