Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Newsome, David H., 1959 

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DAVID HENRY NEWSOME 

   David Henry Newsome, 53, native of Newsoms, and a self-employed carpenter 
in Franklin the last 30 years, died suddenly at his home here Tuesday.

   Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Kattie N. Gray of Hunterdale; two half-
sisters, Mrs. Mary Flythe of Portsmouth and Mrs. Martha Lassiter of Roanoke 
Rapids, N.C.; and one half-brother, Willie L. Jones of Reno, Nev.

   The body was taken to the Newsoms Cemetery for funeral services at the 
grave today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. by the Rev. James B. Douglas, pastor of the 
High Street Methodist Church here.

   Pallbearers were Otis Gray, Otis Blythe, W.H. Rutledge, Gardner Cobb, 
Martin Wagenbach and Dick Wagenbach.


David Henry NEWSOME, self-employed carpenter, 
Newsoms native, d. 18 May 1959, at home, Franklin, age 53, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 19 May 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 23, 1947, p. 9 

*His father may also be buried there, unmarked. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-47): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His father may instead be buried in a NEWSOME family cemetery, in Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-63): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 


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