Newsome, James Bernis

1913 - 2002  (88 years)

• Name	Newsome, James Bernis
  Born	29 Dec 1913	Phenix City, Lee, Alabama
  Gender	Male
  OCCU	machinist
  Died	24 Jul 2002	Phenix City, Russell, Alabama   [1]
  Buried	27 Jul 2002	Riverdale Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia
  Person ID	I8852	McClure-Harris
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2005

  
  

  Father	Newsome, John Francis Christian,   b. 03 Aug 1866, , , Georgia ,   d. 05 Jun 1936, Phenix City, Russell, Alabama  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Parsons, Sarah Jane Eleanor,   b. 20 Nov 1873,   d. 15 Apr 1948, Phenix City, Russell, Alabama  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	31 Mar 1890	Opelika, Lee, Alabama
  Notes	There appears to be another daughter named "Bell" age 5 on the 1920 Census, but I need to verify by looking on the 1930 Census.
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Delia Lee
  Children	1. Newsome, Rachel   2. Newsome, Roberta   3. Newsome, Brenda
  Family ID	F3103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Newsome, James Bernis

  
  

• Notes

  http://www.oakridger.com/stories/072602/obi_0726020073.html Story last updated at 12:19 p.m. on Friday, July 26, 2002 James Bernis Newsome Former Y-12 machinist James Bernis Newsome, 88, of Phenix City, Ala., died Wednesday, July 24, 2002, at his home. Born Dec. 29, 1913, one of 14 children of John Francis Christian Newsome and Sarah Jane Newsome. Mr. Newsome was a machinist by trade and had worked in an engineering and production role at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant from 1954 to 1963. He then moved to Winter Garden, Fla., but still maintained a home in Phenix City. Mr. Newsome is survived by three daughters, Roberta Newsome and Rachel Lanier and her husband, Sidney, all of Oak Ridge, and Brenda Parsons and her husband, Joe, of Ebro, Fla.; his brother and sister, Rufus Newsome and Beth Hand, both of Phenix City; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Della Lee Newsome, and 11 brothers and sisters. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 27, at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City. Burial will follow at Riverdale Cemetery in Columbus, Ga. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight, July 26, at the funeral home. Name: Two places have his middle name as being spelled "Bernis". One of these places was Vance Memorial Chapel, which handled the burial arrangements.

  
  

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  [S564] The Phenix Citizen, 5A (Reliability: 4), 01 Aug 2002. James Burnis Newsome Dec. 29, 1913-July 24,2002 The Newsome family was a large one, with 14 Children and now, with the death of James Burnis Newsome on July 24, only two of them are still living. James Newsome was 88 years old and in pretty good health for someone who had reached that age, his family said. He lived alone and apparently had died peacefully during the night. One of his daughters, Rachel Lanier, said her father was happy to be a participant in the "Meals On Wheels" program and it was due to the program participants' diligence that Mr. Newsome was found so quickly. When he did not answer the door, a manager of the program was contacted. "Those wonderful people immediatley called us long distance to let us know he did not come to the door and asked who could be contact to get into the house and check on him. "We immediately called his niece who lived across the street, who took off a window screen to gain entry," Mrs. Lanier said. "Had it not been for the concern and thoroughness of the "Meals On Wheels" folk, it could have been even the next day before he was found. We are so grateful to them." Born just four days after Christmas in 1913, he was the son of John Francis Christian Newsome and Sarah Jane Newsome. He was a machinist by trade and worked in an engineering and production role at the Y-12 atomic weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn. from 1954 until 1963, when he moved to Winter Garden. Fla. He still maintained his home in Phenix City and moved back in 1972 and lived in his home full time. Mrs Lanier described her father as a very interesting man. "He kept a journal throught the years and recorded a lot of things that most people wouldn't bother with and we are really looking forward to reading it because he always kept his sense of humor and was a lot of fun. In fact, the entire family enjoys life and a good laugh. Maybe laughter really is the best medicine-helived to be 88 and his surviving brother and sister are 83 and doing well." Preceded in death by his wife, Delia Lee Newsome and eleven of his brothers and sisters, he is survived by three daughters, Rachel Lanier and Roberta Newsome, both of Oak Ridge, Tenn. and Brenda Parsons, Ebro, Fla. Other survivors include a brother, Rufus Newsome and a sister, Beth Hand, both, both of Phenix City, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services were held on July 27 from the Chapel of Colonial Funeral Home, with burial in Riverdale Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.