Obituaries:  Nathan G. Newsome, Sabine Parish       N-250
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 2, 1974
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Nathan G. Newsome

  Nathan G. Newsome, 78, of Vidor, Texas, died in St. Elizabeth
Hospital, after a lengthy illness.

  Newsome was a native of Meridian, Miss., and had lived in Vidor,
Tex. for 24 years. He served in the Navy during World War I, and
was a retired machinist from Mabrey Foundry and Machine Shop.

  Funeral services were held on Friday, April 19, at 2 p.m., in
the chapel of Memorial Funeral Home, with interment in Restlawn
Memorial Park.

  Survivors include his wife, Eva Newsome of Vidor; one son, James
Newsome of Beaumont; three daughters, Betty Comer of Crown Point,
N. M., Colleen Safer, and Marilyn Hibbs, both of Vidor; three
brothers, Carl, Clyde, and Horace Newsome, all of Fitzgerald,
Georgia; five sisters, Daisy Miller of Dallas, Kathryn Vaughn of
Vidilia, Georgia; Dorothy Kennedy, and Thalma Phillips, both of
Fitzgerald, Georgia; and Edith Roach of Jacksonville, Florida.

  The widow, Mrs. Inez Lee Newsome Villalon resides in Beaumont.

  The Rev. Jack Comer, a son-in-law, conducted the funeral
services.

  Pallbearers were grandsons Derwin Comer, Lynn Comer, George
Safer, Ricky Safer, Randy Safer, and Jerry Safer.

  Newsome is also survived by 11 grandchildren, and 5 great
grandchildren.