Newton County, Mississippi GenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~msnewton/ Here's a list of obituaries that aren't necessarily pertaining to Newton Co, MS but many of the people named do connect to Newton County, MS families. LAVELL BRASSFIELD Arrangements were incomplete at Clark's Memorial Funeral Home for Lavell Brassfield, 70, of Meridian, who died Friday, May 25, 2001, at Riley Hospital.