Marie Newsome's Obituary
Mrs. Marie Christy Newsome, 90, passed away Sunday, November 3, 2013, at Big Elm Nursing Center.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, November 6, 2013, at Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church. Rev. David Raiford and Mr. John Christy will officiate. Interment will follow at Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:00 pm Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at Lady’s Funeral Home.
Mrs. Newsome was born on May 23, 1923 in Cabarrus County. She was a daughter of the late John A. Christy and Mattie Lou Krimminger Christy. She was a retired Nursing Assistant from Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast and had formerly worked for Cannon Mills. Mrs. Newsome was a life long member of Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church having served as a Sunday school teacher for over fifty years. She was a member of the Susanna Wesley Circle, Willing Workers Sunday school class and former mother of the year at the church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Truby Lee Newsome; brothers; and sisters.
Mrs. Newsome is survived by James Long; two sons, Ronnie Newsome and wife Ann of Kannapolis and Chris Newsome and wife Marie of Landis; and two grandsons, Colt Lee Newsome and Tripper Shea Newsome.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church, 6001 Old Salisbury-Concord Road, Kannapolis, NC 28083.
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