THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
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 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.
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