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| party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

| party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]

| alma_mater=William McKinley Senior High School<br>

| alma_mater=[[William McKinley]] Senior High School<br>

Southern University (both in Baton Rouge)

Southern University (both in Baton Rouge)

| occupation=Service station operator and community organizer

| occupation=Service station operator and community organizer

| spouse=(1) Dorothy Daniels Price<ref name=charlobs>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Norris&GSfn=Karen&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=23899866&df=all&|title=Karen Ann Newman Morris obituary|publisher=''[[The Charlotte Observer]]''|location=[[Charlotte, North Carolina]]|date=December 14, 2005|accessdate=October 12, 2014}}</ref>|2=Sallie Gillespie Newman (married c. 1963-2014, his death)}}

| spouse=(1) Dorothy Daniels Price<ref name=charlobs>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Norris&GSfn=Karen&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=23899866&df=all&|title=Karen Ann Newman Morris obituary|publisher=''The Charlotte ([[North Carolina]] Observer''|date=December 14, 2005|accessdate=October 12, 2014}}</ref><br>

(2) Sallie Gillespie Newman (married c. 1963-2014, his death

| children=Brenda Joyce Cooks<br>

| children=Brenda Joyce Cooks<br>

Linda Cooks Narcisse

Linda Cooks Narcisse

==Legacy==

==Legacy==

On October 4, 2014, Newman died at the age of ninety-three. He was survived by his wife of more than a half-century, the former Sallie Gillespie  (born September 1928); children, Brenda Joyce Cooks (born May 1948), Linda Cooks Narcisse (born January 1950) and husband Johnny S. Narcisse (born December 1949), Edwin Cooks (born April 1951) and wife Jocelyn H.Cooks (born May 1953), Urlecia Cooks, and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two other daughters, Constance Newman Douglas and Karen Newman Norris (1948-2005).<ref name=charlobs/> A memorial mass was held on October 11, 2014 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Newman donated his body to the [[Tulane University]] School of Medicine in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jewel-joseph-newman&pid=172739205#sthash.QJNQ6DPM.dpuf|title=Jewel Joseph Newman|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=October 12, 2014}}</ref>

On October 4, 2014, Newman died at the age of ninety-three. He was survived by his wife of more than a half-century, the former Sallie Gillespie  (born September 1928); children, Brenda Joyce Cooks (born May 1948), Linda Cooks Narcisse (born January 1950) and husband Johnny S. Narcisse (born December 1949), Edwin Cooks (born April 1951) and wife Jocelyn H.Cooks (born May 1953), Urlecia Cooks, and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two other daughters, Constance Newman Douglas and Karen Newman Norris (1948-2005).<ref name=charlobs/> A memorial mass was held on October 11, 2014 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Newman donated his body to the [[Tulane University]] School of Medicine in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jewel-joseph-newman&pid=172739205#sthash.QJNQ6DPM.dpuf|title=Jewel Joseph Newman|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=October 15, 2020}}</ref>

Joseph Delpit called Newman "the hardest-working elected official I knew, including me ... There wasn’t a person who needed help that Jewel would not get out of his bed at midnight to see about helping him.”<ref name=madeadifference>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/10460859-123/baton-rouge-activist-legislator-jewel|title=Baton Rouge activist, legislator Jewel J. Newman dies: 'He really made a difference'|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Ryan Broussard|date=October 7, 2014|accessdate=October 12, 2014}}</ref>

Joseph Delpit called Newman "the hardest-working elected official I knew, including me ... There wasn’t a person who needed help that Jewel would not get out of his bed at midnight to see about helping him.”<ref name=madeadifference>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/10460859-123/baton-rouge-activist-legislator-jewel|title=Baton Rouge activist, legislator Jewel J. Newman dies: 'He really made a difference'|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|author=Ryan Broussard|date=October 7, 2014|accessdate=October 12, 2014}}</ref>