Newsham obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Newsham, Gladys Prevost          15 Jul 2002    Aug 2002    Don Johnson
Newsham, James Alfred            19 Mar 2010    Mar 2010    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  7/15/2002

NEWSHAM, GLADYS PREVOST
Ponchatoula - Gladys Prevost Newsham, 91, died Saturday, July 13, 2002, at
North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was a native of Robert. She is
survived by her husband, James Newsham of Ponchatoula; two sons, James
"Jimmy" Newsham III of Ponchatoula and Ronald "Ronnie" Newsham of Fort
Worth, Texas; four sisters, Nell Sawyer and Faye Lawrence, both of Hammond,
Ann Robertson of New Orleans and Dorothy Slade of Alexandria; three
brothers, Don ad Ken Prevost, both of Hammond, and Raymond Prevost of
Bedico; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by her parents, Fred and Grace Wunch Prevost; seven brothers,
Brit, Ernest, Mack, Floyd, Marvin, Clarence and Aubrey Prevost; two
sisters, Bonnie Sherrwood and Genieve Robertson. The Rev. Bob Diech
conducted the funeral today at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond.
Burial was in Sand Hill Cemetery. 

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star:  3/19/2010

NEWSHAM, JAMES ALFRED
James Alfred "Jim" Newsham, 96, of Ponchatoula, died Wednesday, March 17,
2010, in North Oaks Medical Center.  He was born on Sunday, August 17,
1913, in New Orleans, Louisiana, son of the late James A. and Marie
Valentine Lallemond Newsham. Surviving are 2 sons and daughters-in-law,
James "Jimmy" and Vivian Currow Newsham and Ronald "Ronnie" and Donna
Vaughn Newsham; sister, Laura Verbeek; grandchildren, Brad, Jeff, and
Stacey Newsham and Shannon Brewer; and great-grandchildren.  He is preceded
in death by his wife, Gladys Inez Prevost Newsham; 4 brothers, Dan, Bill,
Alfred, and Lionel Newsham, and 6 sisters, Alice Smith, Valentine Gibbs,
Ellen Rainey, Lucy, Zu and Pat Newsham.  Friends will be received Friday,
March 19, 2010, at Harry McKneely & Son in Ponchatoula from 6 p.m. til 
9 p.m., and after 8 a.m. on Saturday until 1 p.m. Services will be held in
the Funeral Home Chapel Saturday, March 20, 2010, at 1 p.m., with Rev. Eric
Hattaway officiating. Interment will follow in the Sand Hill Cemetery,
Ponchatoula. An on-line guest book is available at www.harrymckneely.com.

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