Gates County NcArchives Obituaries.....Newsome, Thomas Henry 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bruce Saunders bs4403@verizon.net August 13, 2013, 9:27 am THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 05-23-1947, P. 9 THOMAS HENRY NEWSOME Thomas Henry Newsome, 63, a well known resident of the Newsoms community, died Sunday morning at his home after a long illness. He was the son of the late David and Fannie Hayes Newsome of Gates County, N.C., and a member of the Newsoms Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lida Wiggins Newsome of Newsoms; two brothers Paul Newsome of Newsoms and David Newsome of Franklin; four sisters, Mrs. M.E. Johnson of Newsoms, Mrs. J.F. Flythe of Portsmouth, Mrs. W.T. Lassiter of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., and Mrs. Roy L. Gray of Franklin; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock Monday afternoon at the graveside in Newsoms cemetery, Rev. Mr. Hughes, pastor of the Newsoms Baptist Church, officiateing. The pallbearers were R.H. Newsome, Garnette Newsome, Clarence Newsome, Guy Johnson, L.D. Story, and J.P. Coggsdale. *b.09-30-1884 Gates Co., N.C. d. 05-18-1947 Newsoms, So.Co., Va. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/gates/obits/n/newsome2340ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb