Diana keeps a room in her home dedicated to family photos and memorabilia. Lee has delved into the family genealogical record. Anita keeps an extensive photographic record as well as various historical objects. Both he and Winnie were active members in many capacities at First Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.Įach of their four children have taken an interest in different facets of family history. Newton, known familiarly as Bob to friends and colleagues, was pastor at Millbrook Baptist Church, Chaplain at Campbell College and pastor of Memorial Baptist Church in Buies Creek, NC, pastor at First Baptist Church of Blowing Rock, NC, and headed The Department on Family Life at The North Carolina Baptist State Convention. As a ministerial couple they touched the lives of thousands of people during their years in New Haven, CT Millbrook and Buies Creek, NC Chicago, IL Blowing Rock and Raleigh, NC.ĭr. During their lives together they raised four children in the context of a Christian home setting. Robert Lee Newton and Winnie Marie Apple met at Duke University and were married shortly after the end of World War II.

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