Virginia Ann Newby

Published 12:00 am Sunday, December 11, 2011

Dec. 15, 1927 – Dec. 7, 2011

NATCHEZ — Memorial services for Virginia Ann Newby, 83, of Natchez, who died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. Walton Jones officiating.

Burial will follow at the Natchez National Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Mrs. Newby was born Dec. 15, 1927, in Eau Claire, Wis., the daughter of Nobile Adolph Anderson and Lillian Margaret Florince Peterson Anderson. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.

Mrs. Newby was a special education teacher for a number of years and retired from the Natchez public school system.

Survivors include her husband, Earnest C. Newby; three daughters, Cindy Lee Grisham and husband, Mark, of Leavenworth, Kan., Terry Ann Greenwell and husband, Robert, of Grandville, Ohio and Donna Marie Newby of Jackson; one son, Richard Charles Newby of Bellingham, Wash.; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to The Stewpot, 69 E. Franklin St., Natchez, MS 39120 or Trinity Episcopal Church.

Online condolences may be sent to www.lairdfh.com.