Dorothy May Newport, 92, Edgewater

Dorothy May Newport, 92, a forty-nine year resident of Edgewater, died on October 9, 2014 of natural causes at Household of Angels Assisted Living in Gambrills.

Born on December 5, 1921 in Bowling Green, VA to the late Lonnie and Esther Whitaker. Dottie was a stay at home mother and homemaker. She enjoyed playing the guitar, singing and writing country music, bingo and slot machines.

In addition to her parents, Dottie was preceded in death by her husband, Gothern “Gene” Newport; her brother, Lonnie Whittaker, Jr. and a sister, Mildred McClamb. She is survived by four children, Teresa Edwards, Shirley Godbout and Gene Newport, all of Edgewater and Gothern “Beau” Newport, Jr. of Davidsonville; a sister, Virginia Merry of Waldorf and 11 grandchildren, Michael Newport of Glen Burnie, Maximillian and Christopher Marinelli, Robert and David Armstrong, Gene W. Newport, Jr., Thomas J. Miller and Shelly (Dennis) Paddy all of Edgewater, Cheryl Hardy of Deale, Jackie Garner of South Carolina and Rivi Shockey of Davidsonville and 10 great-grandchildren.

Friends are invited to Dottie’s Life Celebration from 6 to 8 pm on Sunday at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater, MD where her funeral service will be held at 1:00pm on Monday, October 13. Interment will follow at Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville.

»Courtesy of George P. Kalas Funeral Home