A Mass of Christian Burial for Estelle Newton will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 19, 2016 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church with the Rev. Stephen Scott Chemino, V.G. officiating. Burial will follow in the Bayou Rouge Baptist Cemetery in Evergreen. Arrangements are under the direction of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie.

Mrs. Newton, age 79 of Bunkie, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at the Bayou Vista Community Care Center.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Samuel and Mertie Fogleman Sutton; a brother, Sammy Sutton; and a sister, Catherine Massey.

Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Burton Newton of Bunkie; her children, Karen N. Kojis and her husband Greg of Bunkie, Michael Newton and his wife Christine of Bunkie, Paula N. Thomas and her husband T.J. of Kingston, NC, Ellen N. Payne and her husband Frederick of Amite and Laura N. Hogg and her husband John of Natchitoches; 14 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday and 8:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. on Friday at Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie. A rosary will be cited at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be sent to www.hixson-ducote.com