Mildred Carpenter Newman

Funeral Services for Mrs. Mildred Carpenter Newman, 96, of West Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, October 11, 2022, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home in West Monroe, LA, with Rev. Warren Eckhardt officiating. Interment will follow in Kilpatrick’s Serenity Gardens Cemetery in West Monroe, LA. Visitation will be held from 1:00 P.M. until service time on Tuesday.

Leona Mildred Carpenter Newman was born September 18, 1926, in Aberdeen, MS and passed away October 8, 2022, in Monroe, LA. She grew up in Darnell, LA, and graduated from Pioneer High School. Mrs. Newman also attended Northeast Louisiana Junior College (ULM), where she played basketball, softball, and was on the dance line. She worked at Trenton Appliance Company for over 45 years as Office Manager. After retirement, she spent many days at Lake D’Arbonne with her family. She was an excellent cook and seamstress, but most of all, she was completely selfless, and her family was her heart.

Mrs. Newman spent the last 2 years with her daughter, Kathy and son-in-law, Joe. The family would like to give special thanks to Love2Care and Caring Hands Hospice for their compassion shown to our Mom.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, Willard L. Newman; her parents, William and Gillie Carpenter; brothers, Irving Carpenter and wife Margaret, Allen Carpenter and wife Bo, and Leon Carpenter and wife Marrin; sister, Rena Clay Heath and husband Wiley; and son-in-law, Steve Terry.

Survivors include her three daughters, Pamela Newman Terry, Kathy Newman Reljac and husband Joe, and Lynn Newman Koons and husband Scott; grandchildren, Melissa Reljac and Kelly Joseph Reljac; great granddaughter, Elle Marie Brandon; brother-in-law, Ted Newman; and numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be Joe Reljac, Scott Koons, Kelly Reljac, Bobby Brandon, and Mike Wyatt.