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BORN
1934
DIED
2003
Billie Newsom Obituary
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, Godley. Burial: Godley Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Funeral Home, Cleburne.
Memorials: First Baptist Church Building Fund, Godley, Texas 76044, and Huguley Hospice.
Billie Elmo Newsom was born in Hamilton on Oct. 28, 1934. He was a 1953 graduate of Hamilton High School. Mr. Newsom worked for General Dynamics, the Texas Comptroller's Office and was a dairyman for 30 years. He received the Johnson County Conservationist Family of the Year Award in 1998. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church, Godley. He was a loving husband, son and father. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, square-dancing and tending to his beloved cows. He was preceded in death by his mother, Mildred Newsom, and brother, Charles Newsom.
Survivors: His wife of 49 years, Von Newsom of Godley; daughter, Susan Sewell and husand, Bob, of Aurora; sons, Bill Don Newsom and wife, Carol, of Godley, Ben Newsom and wife, Becky, of Godley; father and stepmother, Elmo and Mary Ruth Newsom of Hamilton; sisters, Lou Chumney of Stephenville and Sue Kopp of Pottsville; and grandchildren, Chad Lyon, Austin Sewell, Chase Sewell, Bailey Newsom and Tabatha Matlock.
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Sterley Cole
August 26, 2003
Although I met Elmo only one time, I was impressed with his spirit and his love of family. My sincere condolences for your loss.
Sterley Bob Cole (Grisham cousin)
Trilba Keller--Stratton
August 24, 2003
Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. May God bless and strengthen you.
Remember the good times
Fondly, Trilba Stratton
Gail Windham
August 23, 2003
Deepest sympathy to Von and family from one of Billy's 1953 classmates. May God's blessings comfort you, ease your pain and bring you peace.
Elreeta & Ray Weathers
August 22, 2003
We pray for your family to be enfolded in the arms of our Heavenly Father, for confort and for strength for tomorrow and for the rest of your lifetimes.
From the time we were old enough to leave our mothers to be in Coreen's Beginner Sunday School class, Billy and I shared most school experiences until we graduated from high school.
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Dan and Edna Dudley
August 22, 2003
May the special memories of your loved one live on within your hearts and bring you comfort
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Ray and Mary Ann Williams
August 22, 2003
Our prayers and thoughts are with Von and all of the family. God bless all of you and may He halp you through your grief.
Norene Brian Walls
August 21, 2003
I was so sorry to hear of Billie's passing. I feel privileged to have known him and been a classmate of his. You all are in my thoughts and prayers at this time. With sincere sympathy.
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