Sean Bernard Newman, 28, recently of Beijing, China, passed away Jan. 23, 2006. He was born Dec. 10, 1977 in Surrey, England, to Edward George and Frances Catherine Andrews Newman.
Sean Newman was a director of operations for Global Strategic Corp. in Beijing, China. He was also a student of the Mandarin language at the local University in Beijing. He was obtaining his Bachelors of Arts and Science degree at the University of Phoenix. He was a member of an International Music Group in Beijing, China, where he composed and performed. Sean was an avid photographer and a severe weather enthusiast. (tornado chaser)
Newman was predeceased by his maternal grandparents Glen (Snooks) and Callie Andrews and paternal grandparents Bernie Newman and Ida Gordon.
Newman is survived by his father and mother, Ed and Cathy Andrews Newman, locally of Gulf Trace, FL.; beloved special friend Chiaki Aita of Tokyo, Japan; paternal grandmother, Millie Newman; brother, Benjamin Paul Andrew Newman, of Fairfax Station, VA.; a special friend Faith O’Conner, of Pensacola, FL. He is also survived by several cousins, aunts and uncles.
Services will be conducted at the family resting place at the New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, with Rev. Joel Glenn officiating.
Floral arrangements are being accepted.
[Source: The DeFuniak Springs Herald, February 16, 2006, Page 8-B]
[Burial: Unknown]