THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: Wednesday, July 31, 1996 TAG: 9607310385 SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL DATELINE: EMPORIA LENGTH: 20 lines
Raymond Frederick ``Duke'' Newsome, 64, died July 29, 1996.
He is survived by his wife, Jeanette Newsome of Scotland Neck, N.C.; one daughter, Cynthia Hodges of Midlothian, Va.; two stepdaughters, Kay B. Bunting and Trudy Braxton, both of Scotland Neck; one son, Duke Allan Newsome of Nashville, Tenn.; his mother, Maude Duke Newsome of Franklin; two brothers, George Newsome of Mechanicsville, and Clyde Newsome of New Jersey; three sisters, Marie Starnauld of Fort Myers, Fla., Mary Betty Smith of Franklin, and Martha Duke Jackson of White Stone, Va.; and five grandchildren.
The graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in Emporia Cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Echols Funeral Home, Emporia. Memorial contributions may be made to the Scotland Neck, N.C., rescue squad.
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