Bobby Wayne Newsome
May 6, 1938 — March 17, 2010
Bobby Wayne Newsome, 71, of Seale, AL died Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at The Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held 11AM Saturday, March 20, 2010 at McMullen Funeral Home Chapel. A private interment will be held on Monday at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery in Ft. Mitchell, AL. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 5 to 7PM at the funeral home 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus, GA 31907.
Mr. Newsome was born May 6, 1938 in Phenix City, AL son of the late Robert Carter Newsome and Anna Violee Newsome. He worked at Bellsouth as a Network Technician for 32 years. He was a veteran with the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Pioneers and a Baptist by faith. He loved fishing, camping, and the outdoors with a special love for animals. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings, George "Curry", Meredith, and Lucille Taunton.
Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Betty Newsome of Seale, AL, two daughters, Lynn Newsome and Diana Newsome both of Tennessee, four sons, Wayne Newsome of Tennessee, Richard Newsome and Scott Newsome both of New York and David Albert Richardson (Kathy) of Douglasville, GA, brother, David Carter Newsome of Society Hill, AL, sisters, Mary Evans (Kenny) of Indiana and Willie Doherty of Phenix City, AL, a special sister-in-law, Patty Atkins Williamson (Bill) of Carrollton, GA, several grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Flowers will be accepted but those so desiring may make memorial donations to your local animal shelter.
Funeral services will be held 11AM Saturday, March 20, 2010 at McMullen Funeral Home Chapel. A private interment will be held on Monday at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery in Ft. Mitchell, AL. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 5 to 7PM at the funeral home 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus, GA 31907.
Mr. Newsome was born May 6, 1938 in Phenix City, AL son of the late Robert Carter Newsome and Anna Violee Newsome. He worked at Bellsouth as a Network Technician for 32 years. He was a veteran with the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Pioneers and a Baptist by faith. He loved fishing, camping, and the outdoors with a special love for animals. Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings, George "Curry", Meredith, and Lucille Taunton.
Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Betty Newsome of Seale, AL, two daughters, Lynn Newsome and Diana Newsome both of Tennessee, four sons, Wayne Newsome of Tennessee, Richard Newsome and Scott Newsome both of New York and David Albert Richardson (Kathy) of Douglasville, GA, brother, David Carter Newsome of Society Hill, AL, sisters, Mary Evans (Kenny) of Indiana and Willie Doherty of Phenix City, AL, a special sister-in-law, Patty Atkins Williamson (Bill) of Carrollton, GA, several grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Flowers will be accepted but those so desiring may make memorial donations to your local animal shelter.
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