OBITUARY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY RICKY'S WIFE CHRISTINA:

Deceased Classmate: Ricky Thomas Newman
Graduation Year: 1977
Date Of Birth: September-6-1958
Date Deceased: July-11-2005
Age at Death: 46
Cause of Death: Car accident
Classmate City: Hudson
Classmate State: FL
Classmate Country: USA
Survived By: Wife Christina her children Yvonne Nicole Brandon Blake his children by Lynn Amanda Lynn his children by Juliana albers Shannon Lee and Shawn Thomas Yvonne has three children Jynaiah Anita Nora Carly and Amelia Francis Shannon has three children Denise Rajia Zulma Yulis and Brandon Juventino and Sean has three children as well

Rick was a good man he worked as an iron worker in Indiana he was born in Washington State in a place called White Salmon with Mount Rainier in the backyard his father died when he was 6 years old he had one sister Karen who also attended the school when he moved to Florida he worked for Pinellas county government for more than 18 years he taught Shannon how to shoot a skill she still uses he taught Shawn how to tie knots when he took him out on the boat when he was 11 years old he taught Brandon how to swim when he was two and a half before he passed away Yvonne has fond memories of her father even though she was only 6 years old when he was gone Brandon works as a deli person at Publix in Inverness Florida where he's learning everything he needs to be a manager before that he worked at Olive garden in largo Florida and he was leaning towards management Brandon graduated from largo high School Yvonne graduated from Penn Foster Shawn graduated from Seminole high School Yvonne and her family live in rapid City South Dakota Shannon lives in Arkansas Shawn and his family have moved back to Florida and Amanda lives with her mother and stepfather and Dunedin.

The picture above was obtained from the 1977 HHS yearbook.