Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Newsome, Edwin B., 1966 

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EDWIN BURKE NEWSOME

   DREWRYVILLE - A funeral service for Edwin Burke Newsome was conducted 
Sunday at 3 p.m. in Drewryville Methodist Church by the Rev. Charles Spivey 
and the Rev. Daniel Spell.  Burial was in Drewryville Cemetery.  McDowell 
Funeral Home in Boykins was in charge.

   Pallbearers were Bruce Flowers Jr., Louis Covington, Robert Edwards, Robert 
Cobb, Wallace Spain, James Spain, Tilman Spain, Wilson Spain, and Charles 
Spain.

   Newsome, 44, died Thursday morning in his home.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of Mrs. Essie Edwards Newsome 
and the late Charlie Lawrence Newsome.  He was a member of Drewryville 
Methodist Church, a veteran of World War II, and a retail clerk.

   Besides his mother, he is survived by two brothers, C.L. Newsome Jr. of San 
Diego, Calif., and James E. Newsome of Drewryville; and a sister, Mrs. John H. 
Rogaleski of Tampa, Fla.


Edwin Burke NEWSOME, retail clerk, veteran of WW-II, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 18 Aug 1966, at home, age 44, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
   21 Aug 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 25, 1966, p. 13 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-21): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

His mother's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Mar. 28, 1968, p. 5) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n250e3ob.txt 

His father's obits ("Tidewater News" & "Richmond Times-Dispatch," May 1964), 
   with their marriage record appended, are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n250c1ob.txt 


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