The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, February 17, 1997             TAG: 9702170005
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: AHOSKIE                           LENGTH:   19 lines

JOHNNIE W. NEWSOME

Johnnie Webb Newsome, 90, of the 300 block of Pembroke Ave., died Feb. 15, 1997, in Hospice House in Monroe.

Mr. Newsome was born in Hertford County and was the widower of Lucille Willis Newsome. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Ahoskie First Baptist Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Linda Newsome Keaton and husband, Phil, and a granddaughter, Leigh Keaton, all of Monroe.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Garrett Funeral Home, Ahoskie, by Dr. Jesse J. Croom. Burial will be in Ahoskie Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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