Life History

Notes

• 1920 Federal Census, Baylor County, Texas, 10 January, Seymour, District 11, page 6B,  Oak Street, Hse #142, Fam #153
  Handy, B W  Head  Rents M W 32 TX Indiana TX Railroad Laborer
  Handy, Gertrude  Wife F W 26 Single OK MS OK
  Handy, Newton M W 4yrs3mos Single OK TX OK
  
  1930 Federal Census, Hardeman, Texas, 11 April, Quanah, District 2, Page 12A, Meek St, Hse #261, Fam #294
  Handy, Bazil W Head Rents Home, No Radio M W 42 Married 26 yrs TX KY IN Laborer, Odd Jobs [b abt 1888]
  Handy, Gertie T Wife F W 37 Married 26 yrs OK MS OK [b abt 1893]
  Handy, Newton Son M W 15 Single OK TX OK
  
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  Roby, Texas -- A note saying "I...have just decided to end it all" was found on a critically injured man whose auto smashed into a truck near here Tuesday [19 Mar 1957].
  
  Peace Justice Hollis Head ruled attempted suicide.  He said he made the ruling after reading a note found on Newton A Handy, 41, whose last address was a Sweetwater, Texas, hotel.  He was reported in critical condition.
  
  The driver of the truck, William Baker, 34, of Monahans, Texas, was in serious condition.
  
  Highway Patrolman Herman Seale of Sweetwater said the sedan driven by Handy would have hit the truck headon, but Baker had swerved trying to avoid the crash and the car hit the truck in the side.
  
  Head said the note found in Handy's pocket read:
  "I, Newton A Handy, in my right mind and will, have just decided to end it all.  I am no good and I have hurt everybody that I have had anything to do with."
  
  --  Newton Aaron Handy, son of Gertie T Philpot (daughter of Winnie Alice Jackson).  Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar 1957 (Wednesday).  From the research of  Beverly Mixon Hill, via Marion Mixon, 16 June 2015
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  His death certificate indicates he died on the date this article was published.
  
  Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
  Newton A Handy
  Birth 1 Oct 1915 Mangum, Oklahoma
  Residence Newman Hotel, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
  Occupation Restaurant Cook
  Served in WWII
  Father Bazil W Handy born Texas
  Mother Gertie T Philpot born Oklahoma
  Informant VA Hosp Records
  Age at Death 41
  Death 20 Mar 1957 Veteran's Administration Hospital, Big Spring, Howard, Texas
  Immediate Cause of Death Cerebral Hemorrhage, 1 day, other conditions Pulmonary Edema, Pneumonia
  Automobile Accident east of Rotan, Fisher County, Texas
  Removed 21 March 1957 for burial in Quanah Cemetery, Quanah, Texas, by Price Funeral Home
  Filed 29 March 1957, Filed State 1 April 1957
  
  Newton Aaron Handy
  Birth Oct. 1, 1915 Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma
  Death Mar. 20, 1957 Big Spring, Howard County, Texas
  Parents:
  Bazil Winfred Handy (1887 - 1935)
  Gertrude Tabitha Philpot Handy (1893 - 1956)
  Siblings:
  William T Handy (1913 - 1944)
  Samuel August Handy (1918 - 1975)
  Bazil W. Handy (1929 - 2008)
  Note: Plot Owner Name HANDY BOZIL ? [Bazil], City of Quanah Cemetery Records
  Burial Quanah Memorial Park, Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas, Plot NW-05-O-01
  Created by Graves Apr 29, 2013
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #109685462, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=109685462&ref=acom
  
  U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
  Newton A Handy
  Birth 1 Oct 1915
  Enlisted 2 Feb 1944
  Rank Mach Mate 3rd Class, US Navy
  Discharged 13 Dec 1945
  Death 20 Mar 1957
  Burial Quanah, Texas
  Ship to Robert L Knowles, Quanah, Texas
  Applicant Samuel A Handy, Box 677, Dumas, Texas
  Applied 22 March 1957, Approved 16 April 1957
  Shipped 10 May 1957 by Columbus Marble World, Columbus, Mississippi

Sources

• 1. 1920 Federal Census, Baylor County, Texas
  • 10 January, Seymour, District 11, page 6B,  Oak Street, Hse #142, Fam #153
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Hardeman, Texas
  • 11 April, Quanah, District 2, Page 12A, Meek St, Hse #261, Fam #294
• 3. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
• 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 5. U.S., Headstone Applications, 1925-1963
• 6. Texas Death Certificate