Wilmot Newton Hewitt Jr.

Wilmot Newton Hewitt, Jr. Mr. Wilmot (Bill) Newton Hewitt, Jr. 87, of Clarksville Arkansas, died at 9:55 p.m., Monday, May 28, 2012 at the Clarksville Health and Rehab Center. Funeral services for Mr. Hewitt will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, May 31, 2012 at Clarksville Trinity Chapel Pentecostal Church of God with Reverend Terry Schlinker officiating and directed by the Roller-Cox Funeral Home in Clarksville. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 1, 2012, in the Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Officiating will be Rev. Mark Campbell of Claremore, Ok and Rev. Jerry Hewitt of Nowata, Ok. And services will be directed by the Stumpff-Nowata Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial funds can be made in his name to Vision Fund, Trinity Chapel Pentecostal Church of God, P.O. Box 762, Clarksville, AR 72830. Mr. Hewitt was born in Wann, Oklahoma on January 18, 1925 to Dovie (Royer) and Wilmot Newton Hewitt Sr. He attended schools in the Nowata area. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy as an electrician’s mate third class on the Destroyer Escort Ship, the U. S. S. Gilmore. He received an honorable discharge from the United States Navy on December 23rd, 1945. On March 2, 1946, he married Juanita Jean Riley and from this union they had four children. He later married Mary Campbell and together they had one daughter. Mr. Hewitt, during his life, worked as a mechanic, tool dresser, driller and an electrician. He was a Federally licensed electrician and he retired as an electrician from Peabody Coal Company in 1978. Mr. Hewitt enjoyed being outdoors and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He also enjoyed teaching Sunday School. He loved the Lord, his family and friends. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Mary (Campbell) Hewitt of the home in Clarksville, AR; one son: Bill; four daughters: Charlotte and her husband, Bill Dausses, Virginia Kime, and Jeanie Hewitt all of Bartlesville, OK; Theresa and her husband, Larry Johnson, of Clarksville, AR: nine grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Bill is also survived by one brother; Ernest and his wife, Peggy of Bartlesville, Ok; three sisters: Elva Lunsford of Nowata, Ok; Marie Johnson and Goldie Hadley of Dewey, Ok. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers: Merle, Harold, Lloyd and Cecil; and two sisters: Geraldine Glenn and Alta Vidrickson. PDF Printable Version

Wilmot Newton Hewitt Jr.

January 18, 1925 - May 28, 2012