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“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” ~ II Corinthians 5:1 Mrs. Carthenia Cannon Newton, the daughter of late Ernest A. and Martha Brown Cannon, was born on May 31, 1936 in Ayden, NC. She departed this earthly life on Thursday, June 6, 2024. Carthenia became a member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church at an early age and later began working in the church as an usher. She received her early education in the Pitt County School System, attending South Ayden School. After relocating to New York for a short period, she returned to Ayden where she resided for the majority of her life. She was united in marriage to Johnnie Lee Newton and to this union four children were born, Wanda, Wayne, Sharlenare and Gerald. Carthenia was a domestic worker and for many years was employed by the Cannon family in Ayden. She also worked as a caretaker for the Sheldon family, taking care of their daughter Nancy, who was an invalid. Carthenia’s faith in the Lord was strong and mighty. She has been a devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend; one who gave and shared whenever the need arose. She loved her family and she loved cooking for them, especially a good pot of collard greens. She loved flowers, a pepsi cola and her snuff. She also enjoyed doing her civic duty, working at the election polls, in her local precinct, during the general and national elections. We thank God for allowing us to have had her for these eighty-eight years. In addition to her parents, Carthenia was preceded in death by her daughter, Wanda Lee Newton and two brothers, Leedrew Cannon and William Earl Cannon. She leaves her legacy and memories to her children, Wayne Newton and wife, Katherine, Sharlenare Newton-Staton and Gerald Newton, all of Greenville, NC; her seven grandchildren, Octavia, Devon, Waynell, Tavorris and wife, April, Enrique, Ashley and Aleaha; 14 great grandchildren; 5 great-great grandchildren; one brother, Charles T. Cannon and wife, Eva of New York, NY; three sisters, Queenie Cannon of Greenville, NC, Juanita Cannon Nobles and husband, Wynn and Addie Gay Cannon Forrest and husband, Thomas, all of Ayden, NC; one sister-in-law/sister, Mary Cannon of New York, NY; four nieces; nine nephews; and a host of treasured cousins and friends.

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Ms. Carthenia Newton

May 31, 1936 - June 6, 2024