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- Louisiana Baptist Convention News
From its northernmost point in Newellton to just south of Vidalia, the Delta Baptist Association stretches for nearly 40 miles along the Mississippi River delta.
- DEATHS
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Joyce Ann Anderson died Nov. 23. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Palestine Missionary Baptist Church, Tallulah.
- McDonald - Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Randolph McDonald III of Newellton, La., would like to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Sara Jeannine McDonald, to John Patrick Lee, son of Mr.
- Baker - Jones
The parents of Elizabeth Baker and Zach Jones are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children.
- DEATHS
Rosa L. Barnes of Monroe, a housekeeper, died Monday. Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Parkview Church of Christ, Monroe.
- Hurricane costs mount on Louisiana farms
In late September, it was estimated that Louisiana had sustained $700 million in hurricane damage to its agriculture and forestry industries.
- Jindal tour hits some little-known regions
The Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal town hall tour continues, after being interrupted by the September hurricanes.
- Tensas election could be tossup
By Stephen Largen slargen@monroe.gannett.com The District 4 alderman race in Newellton is headed for a do-over. None of the three candidates received the requisite majority of votes on Saturday.
- Louisiana farmer tells Senate about hurricanes' impact
The vice chairman of the National Cotton Council says the three hurricanes that passed through or near Louisiana's primary cotton regions in August and September came "at the worst possible time" for his farm ...
- Portfolio
Gov. Bobby Jindal has announced the following appointments from northeastern Louisiana: Dion Young of West Monroe, an assistant 4th District attorney, has been named to the Certified Shorthand Reporters Board ...
- Arrest follows high-speed chase
Carlos Dorsey, 31, of Newellton was charged with attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault on an officer, aggravated flight from an officer and unauthorized use of a moveable in an incident that began ...
- Tensas rallies around family ruptured by drownings
TENSAS PARISH - The people in this sparsely populated rural parish have opened their hearts to the Lundy family, showering them with love.
- Three brothers drown in Lake Bruin
Three of four brothers drowned this afternoon while their father was mowing grass at a camp on Lake Bruin, about three miles north of St.
- DEATHS
RAYVILLE - Martin Alexander died Sunday. Services are 11 a.m. Sunday at Magnolia Baptist Church, Newellton.
Newellton Classifieds
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City DescriptionNewellton is a town in northern Tensas Parish in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 1,482 at the 2000 census. Newellton is 65 percent African American. It is just west of the Mississippi River on Lake St. Joseph, an ox-bow lake. Further south toward St. Joseph is Lake Bruin, another ox-bow lake, a part of which is the popular Lake Bruin State Park.
The African American trombonist Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker was born near Newellton. Whittaker is among the honorees of the Delta Music Museum in Ferriday in Concordia Parish. His career took him as far as Canada and Great Britain as well as all along the Mississippi River delta country.
The French explorer La Salle passed through the Newellton area in 1682 as he followed the Mississippi River to its mouth near the future New Orleans. Newellton itself was founded in the early 19th century by the Routh family, for whom the former Routhwood Elementary School was named. John David Stokes Newell, Sr. (1837-1899), a planter and lawyer in St. Joseph, the seat of Tensas Parish, named the settlement for his father, Edward D. Newell (1810-1888), a native of North Carolina who relocated to Tensas Parish in 1834. ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- United States
- Tensas Parish
- Louisiana
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