2010-08-12 / Obituaries
A celebration of life was held for Marion Jackson Newsome, 71, of Washington, on Sunday, August 9, 2010, at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev. Wade Palmer and Rev. Albert W. Huyck Jr. officiating. He died Friday, August 7, in Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington.
Mr. Newsome was a lifelong resident of Wilkes County and was the son of the late George Burdette Newsome and Mary Taylor Newsome. He was a graduate of Washington High School, Class of 1956. He was a retired farmer, a trustee of Fountain Campground, a member of the Wilkes County Farm Bureau, Wilkes County Young Farmers, and the Wilkes County Cattlemen’s Association. He was a member of the Raytown Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Marilyn T. Newsome; two children, a son, Jack E. Newsome and his wife Mary Lois of Washington, and a daughter, Lisa N. Meister and her husband Brian of Harlem; two sisters, Jean N. Casey of Cedartown, and Ramona N. King of Fletcher, N.C.; a brother, George Burdette Newsome; and two grandchildren, Graham and Kohen of Washington.
Honorary pallbearers were Trustees of Fountain Campground and included Ronnie Johnson, Henry Fluker, Freddie Brown, Wendell Amerson, Don Reese, Henry Taylor, Jesse Moore, and Terry Reese.
Pallbearers included James Reid, Luther Cofer, Fred Evans, Bobby West and Bob West.
Memorials may be made to Ebenezer Baptist Church, Raytown Baptist Church, Fountain Campground, or the organization of your choice.
Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington was in charge of arrangements.
