Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Newsome, Joseph R. Sr., 1965 

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JOSEPH RANDOLPH NEWSOME SR.

   BRANCHVILLE - Joseph Randolph Newsome Sr., 68, died Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. 
in a Franklin hospital.

   A native of Northampton County, N.C., he was a son of James Lemuel and Mrs. 
Fannie Smith Newsome.  He was a member of Branchville Baptist Church.

   He was a farmer and a World War I veteran.

   Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Julia Joyner Newsome of Branchville; four 
daughters, Mrs. Anice Barnette of Richmond, Mrs. Helen Vick of Capron, Mrs. 
Josie Gay of Seaboard, N.C., and Mrs. Erma Scott of Boykins; a son, Joseph R. 
Newsome Jr. of Boykins; a brother, Walter A. Newsome of Potecasi, N.C.; a 
stepson, Robert Wayne Pope; 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

   A funeral was held Thursday at 3 p.m. in McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, 
by the Rev. Russell Wimmer of Branchville Baptist Church.  Burial will be in 
Beechwood Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Linton Grizzard, D.C. Edwards, Joseph W. Washington, H.F. 
McCoy, Marion Joyner, Reese Withers, Lewis Jordan and Forest Smith.


Joseph Randolph NEWSOME, Sr., farmer, WW-I veteran, 
Northampton Co., NC native, d. 27 Apr 1965, Franklin, age 68, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 13*), Boykins, 29 Apr 1965, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 3, 1965, p. 5] 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Beechwood list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

The obit ("Tidewater News," July 28, 1960, p. 4) for his first wife, 
   Annie Lena (MUMFORD/MUNFORD) NEWSOME, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/n250a1ob.txt 

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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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