Mary Bee Newby, 92, Anderson, died Monday, April 18, 2011, at Saint John’s Health System in Anderson following a sudden illness.
She was born May 12, 1918, in Bedford, Ky., to Richard and Della (McKay) Johnson.
She is survived by five children; James R. (wife, Jan) Newby of VanBuren, Janie Fry of Lapel, John (wife, Hope) Newby of Yorktown, Steve Newby of Cicero, and Christie (husband, Jeff) Phillips of West Lafayette; 21 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Hiram (wife, Ella) Johnson of Cass, Ohio, George (wife, Reogene) Johnson of Tipp City, Ohio; two sisters, Helen Lewis of Louisville, Ky., and Gladys Weaver of Arcanum, Ohio; three sisters-in-law, Rachel Powell of Bedford, Ky., Martha Hawkins of Pittsboro, and Mary Alice Johnson of Tipp City, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 49 years, James Wesley Newby; one daughter, Marjorie Mora; two granddaughters, Angela Chim and Wendy Newby; four brothers, Younger, Chris, Paul and Martin Johnson; and three sisters, Nellie Johnson, Frances Clem and Lillian Lowry.
A funeral service took place at 2 pm Thursday, April 21, at Scott E. Hersberger Funeral Home in Lapel with the Rev. Earl Isom officiating. Burial followed in Brookside Cemetery, Lapel. Visitation was from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, 2011, and one hour prior to the service on Thursday at Scott E. Hersberger Funeral Home, 1010 N. Main St., Lapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to Ebenezer Apostolic Church, 1529 W. Ninth St., Anderson, IN 46016.
Online condolences: www.hersbergerfuneralhome.com.
