Christy Lynn Newton

Christy Lynn Newton, 31 of Concord, passed away, Monday, May 7, 2018 at Atrium Health Care- Main, Charlotte, after a lifelong illness.

Memorial service will be 2:00pm Thursday at Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church, officiated by Rev. Carrie Bishop and Rev. Ray Sipe. The family will receive friends beginning at 12:30 in the sanctuary.

Christy was born February 27, 1987, in Cabarrus County, daughter of Amy Cox Underwood and the late Johnny W. Newton. She was a member of Mt. Hermon Lutheran and also attended Mt. Gilead Lutheran Church. Despite her illness she always lived life to the fullest. She loved drawing, coloring, crafts and talking on the phone. She was a free spirited person traveling far and wide and spending time at the lake with family, swimming, fishing, boating and enjoying life. She was preceded in death by grandparents, Tommy Newton, James Medlin.

She is survived by her mother, Amy C. Underwood and step father, Benny Underwood; brother, Dylan Medlin; maternal grandparents, Julia Cox and David Cox; paternal grandparents, Doris Newton and Diane Corzine; and step father, Robert Medlin; uncles and aunts, Mike & Darlene Cox, Jerry Newton, Roger Newton; Tammy Kepley.

Memorials may be directed to Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church, 3600 Hwy 601, Concord, NC 28025 or Mt. Gilead Lutheran Church, PO Box 87, Mt. Pleasant, NC 28124