Audrey Newsome

Submitted by: Martha Reddout

AUDREY NEWSOME
May 3, 1923- March 8, 2010

Graveside services for Audrey Newsome, 86, of Thackerville will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, March 12, in Lakeview Cemetery.

Born May 3, 1923 in Wapanucka, the daughter of Marvin and Almeda Hubbard Clifton, she died Monday, March 8, 2010 in Lake Country Nursing Center, Marietta.

A homemaker, Mrs. Newsome had been a resident of Love County since 1963. She and John Earl Newsome were married in Marietta in 1956, and he preceded her in death on July 9, 2006. In addition to spending time with family and friends, Mrs. Newsome liked to quilt. She was a member of the Thackerville First Baptist Church.

Others preceding her in death were her parents; infant son; two sisters and eight brothers.

Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Jimmie Don and June Hughes, Kenneth and Martha Hughes, all of Gainesville, Texas, and Charles and Margaret Newsome of Thackerville; two sisters-in-law, Dorothy Clifton of Marietta and Iris Neff of Green Valley, Arizona; four grandchildren, Gary, Brenda, Christin and Tonja; and eight grandchildren.

Source: Marietta Monitor, 12 Mar 2010, page 4