Obituaries: Hugh L. Newsom, 1969, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: April 3, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American H. L. Newsom, 82, Dies; Rites Held Hugh L. Newsom, 82, of Grayson, died Tuesday, March 25, 1969 in a Columbia nursing home following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Springhill Baptist Church near Sikes with Rev. Virgil Jones and Rev. R. T. Hedgwood officiating. Burial was in the Springhill Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. H. L. Newsom; three daughters, Mrs. Rosa Lea McDonald of Converse, Mrs. Florence Holston of Dry Prong, and Mrs. Maureen Smith of Grayson; two brothers, Hence Newsom of Kelly and Bob Newsom of Kelly; sone sister, Mrs. Floyd Hinton of Kelly; 32 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.