Floyd Lamar Newton

Floyd Lamar Newton, 75, died in the early morning hours of September 14, 2020. Lamar died of complications from a life well lived, having said on more than one occasion, "If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself." Born in Little Rock, Arkansas to William Floyd and Lucille Newton, who preceded him in death, he was the fourth of five children. He is survived by his sisters, Beverly Gordon, Annie Lloyd, Sandra (Riley) Ogden and his brother James "Buddy" (LaVonne) Newton. He talked often of growing up with his favorite dog, a doberman named 'Staff', and of all the good times he spent with his good friend of almost seventy years, Jerry (Kay) Urbani. Lamar graduated in 1963 from Hall High School, Little Rock, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy Seabees. After two tours in Vietnam, he had the good fortune of being stationed in California, where the Arkansas plates in the parking lot allowed him to meet Margaret Donaldson. The two were married October 1, 1968 in New Orleans, and later returned home to Arkansas. Lamar began working at Diebold, Inc as a vault door specialist, and he and Margaret started their family. He had two girls, Nicki (Eric) Knox of Heath, Texas and Marla (Kevin) Myers of Raleigh, North Carolina, both of whom Lamar was intensely proud of. After his retirement from Diebold in 2003, he began working with his good friend Denny Denison at Bank-Tec South before retiring for good in 2011. If Lamar wasn't traveling internationally for work, you could either find him on a baseball or softball field, or cooking for one of his teams (or one of Margaret's Sunday School groups). He was famous for his ribs and chicken, and for the custom built cooker on which he made them. If he wasn't smoking on it, he was likely to be found frying fish. An avid hunter and fisherman, his main frustration was that he always seemed to put Margaret's end of the boat in the spots with all the fish. He could be quick with a sharp word, but quicker with a smile and a clap of his hands when you did something he found funny. He never had more fun than with his grandchildren, William, Cameron and Dylan Knox, and Meredith and Daniel Myers. A funeral service for Lamar will be held on Friday, October 9, 2020 at Kilpatrick's Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Dr, Shreveport. Visitation will be at 10:00, and funeral services will begin directly after at 11:00 a.m. in the Rose-Neath Southside Chapel. A private family burial at the NWLA Veterans Cemetery to follow. In place of flowers, donations in Lamar's memory can be made to Christ United Methodist Church, Shreveport,LA; Anchor Of Hope Hospice, Plano,TX; or to a Veterans organization of your choice.