The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Sunday, January 21, 1996               TAG: 9601210031
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

WILLIAM E. NEWSOME SR.

William Edward ``Bones'' Newsome Sr., of 961 Merrimac Ave., died Jan. 18, 1996 in Sentara Norfolk General.

Mr. Newsome was born in Camden County, N.C., and was a Baptist.

Survivors include his wife, Hilda Newsome of Norfolk; a daughter, Hazel Virginia Newsome of Norfolk; three sons, James Harrell, William Newsome Jr. and Irving Newsome, all of Norfolk; three sisters, Bessie Johns of Virginia Beach, Delores Holmes of Chesapeake and Doris Alston of Tallahassee, Fla.; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be held at noon Tuesday in Garretts Community Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Johnnie Reid officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. The remains will be ready for viewing at 3 p.m. Monday. The remains will be taken to the church at 10 a.m. The family will assemble at 974 Armfield Circle, Apt. 202, at 11 a.m. for the processional. Carlos A. Howard Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel is handling arrangements.

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