- Date Of Birth: August 7, 1944
- Date Of Death: February 28, 2016
- State: Maryland
Patsy Thomas Newman, 71, passed away peacefully on Sunday February 28, 2016. Death was due to complications from Alzheimer’s. She had been a resident at Shangri-La Assisted Living in Ellicott City, MD for 4 years. She was born in Tuscaloosa, AL to the parents of Carless C. and Marie H. Thomas. As a young child the family moved to Florence, AL where her father taught accounting classes at UNA and later worked at and retired from the Ford Motor Company plant in Sheffield, AL. Her mother was a homemaker. Patsy and her family were members of Highland Baptist Church.
Patsy worked as a children’s dental assistant for James Freeman, DDS, and moved from the Florence area with her husband on a job transfer for him in 1985. They lived in Greenwood, MS and Charleston, WV before settling in Ellicott City, MD near Baltimore in 1988.
Patsy is survived by her husband, Gene Newman, sisters, Shirley (James) McDowell of Florence and Peggy (Ray) Chestnut of Weiner, Arkansas. Her parents, Carless and Marie Thomas, and brother, Sammy Thomas preceded her in death. She is also survived by a niece, Martha Holliday and nephew, Adam Thomas.
