The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, May 7, 1995                    TAG: 9505070004
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

VIOLA L. NEWSOM

Viola Mary Lee Newsom, 81, of DeKalb Avenue, died May 5, 1995, in a Portsmouth hospital.

She was a native of Phoenix City, Ala., and attended Biltmore Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Lester L. Newsom; three children, Peggy J. Merhar, Charles Wayne Newsom and Becky A. Sands, all of Chesapeake; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. T.M. Frye. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB