Obituary
Jesse Newton
Northington
09November1903 - 03June1987
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City, Kansas
Jesse N. Northington, 83, Kansas City, Kan., died
June 3, 1987, at Bethany Medical
Center. He was born in Afton, Okla., and lived
in Kansas City, Kan., for 60 years.
Mr. Northington was a painter and wallpaper hanger
for 30 years until he retired.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of Painters and
Allied Trades union. He was a
member of the Central AvenueMethodist Church.
He was an Army veteran of World War
II and a member of Wyandotte post of the American
Legion. He was a member of the
Wyandotte Masonic Lodge. Survivors include his
wife, Grace Northington, of the home;
two sons, Bill R. Davies, Gladstone, and Robert E.
Davies, Kansas City, Kan.; four
daughters, Lucille Moore, Betty E. Ross and Shirley
Tubbs, of Kansas City, Kan.,
and Bernice Brule, La Mirada, Calif.; six sisters,
Edith Smith, Helen Stevens and
Ruth Noblett of Kansas City, Kan., Mary Sudderfield,
Harriett, Ark., Rose Redmond,
Fort Worth, Texas, and Louise Carter, Cheney, Kan.;
19 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m.
Friday at the Porter Chapel; burial in Chapel Hill
Cemetery. Friends may call from
6 to 8 p.m. today at the chapel, where Masonic
services will be at 7 p.m.
