The County Press

HAROLD L. NEWSOM


 

 

HAROLD L. NEWSOM, 82, of Fairgrove, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at McLaren Bay Region Hospital in Bay City.

Born on March 3, 1937, in Bono, AR, he was the son of Jefferson and Ruth (Gill) Newsom. On August 25, 1956, he married Barbara Briese in St. John’s Lutheran Church, Waltz, MI.

In 1985, Harold helped start a machine shop in Lapeer called Allsons, named after his four boys. It is still family owned and ran by his son. He was employed with Pepsi Cola Company as a Vending Machine Repairman until retiring in 1995. Harold enjoyed fishing, hunting and farming his 20 acres. During the winter, he and Barbara traveled to Florida. They had traveled to Alaska on three different occasions.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, James and Douglas; and grandson, Bradley.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Newsom of Fairgrove; sons, Jim (Maxine) Newsom of Columbiaville, Donald (Lora) Newsom of Ortonville, Mark Newsom of Clarkston and Brett (Jody) Newsom of Webberville; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother, Raymond Newsom of Vandilia, IL; sisters, Bessie Miller of Texas and Mary Kruger of Missouri.

In lieu of flowers contributions in his memory may be made to the Michigan Cancer Society www.cancer.org.

Funeral services were held at the Arthur Bobcean Funeral Home Flat Rock Chapel on Saturday, May 11, 2019. Rev. Enwood Nevis of St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, Otisville, officiated the service. Burial was in Michigan Memorial Park, Huron Township.

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