FRANKLIN "FRANK" EUGENE NEWMAN, SR., age 64, passed away on Saturday, September 9, 2017. Frank was born on March 20, 1953, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Hubert A. Newman and Geneva Crisp Newman. He was a United States Army Veteran and retired from the United States Navy. Frank was a Boy Scout Leader of Troop 458. He is preceded in death by his father, Hubert A. Newman and brother, David Allen Newman. He is survived by his mother, Geneva Crisp Newman; wife of 27 years, Vicky Jaen Newman; three sons, Franklin Eugene (Vanessa) Newman, Jr., Jesse A. Newman, and Jonathan A. (Tiffany) Newman; daughter, Jenny (Kevin) McMillion; two sisters, Stephanie (Steve) Brock and Deborah (Frank) Arrington-Wilkes; and three grandchildren, Samantha Newman, Anna McMillion and Emmie McMillion. Funeral service will be Friday, September 15, 2017, at 12noon in the Chapel of Cheatham County Funeral Home with Brother Cecil Boswell officiating. Burial will follow at 2pm in the Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. Visitation with the family will be Thursday, September 14, 2017, from 4pm to 7pm and on Friday, September 15th from 10am until service hour of 12noon. Serving as active pallbearers will be Franklin Newman, Jr., Jesse Newman, Jonathan Newman, Shane Harville, Mark Newman, Steve Brock, Dylan Arrington, and Jeff Brock. Honorary pallbearers are the Boy Scout Troop 458. Cheatham County Funeral Home 615-792-2552 cheathamcountyfh.com.