Timothy Louis Newman, Jr., 54, of Piedmont Avenue, transitioned on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. He was born in Hickory to the late Timothy Newman, Sr. and Susie Jenkins Newman.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1pm, Saturday, September 19, 2026, at Wright Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Carolina Memorial Gardens. Viewing will be from 5pm to 7pm, Friday, September 18 at Wright Funeral Home.

He is survived by two children: Vanessa Newman of Oxford and Dorian Newman of Butner; three sisters: Sharon Chavis (Harry) of Butner, Tammie Keith of Creedmoor and Laverne Taylor of Oxford; one brother Alfred Gardner of Norfolk, VA; and five grandchildren.