Elmo Wilber Newsom, 19112006 (aged 95 years)

Name
Elmo Wilber /Newsom/
Given names
Elmo Wilber
Surname
Newsom
Birth
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British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
Marriage
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Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
British King
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945
British Queen
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from February 6, 1952
34th President of the United States
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January 20, 1953
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January 20, 1961
36th President of the United States
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November 22, 1963
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January 20, 1969
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August 9, 1974
39th President of the United States
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January 20, 1977
40th President of the United States
Ronald Reagan
January 20, 1981
41st President of the United States
George H W Bush
January 20, 1989
42nd President of the United States
Bill Clinton
January 20, 1993
Death of a wife
Cause: Cancer
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Marriage
Note: following one week of courtship. Of course, they had known each other for decades
43rd President of the United States
George W Bush
January 20, 2001
Death of a wife
Citation details: Memorial# 42663182. Added 3 OCT 209 by James E. Heidlebaugh. Maintained by Elreeta Winters.
Burial of a wife
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 31.71690, Longitude: -98.11750. There are 3 cemeteries all together in a line from north to south with no signs marking them or any signage marking where one cemetery ends and one begins. The north cemetery is Littleville, then Oakwood, then New IOOF. Oakwood Cemetery, the middle one, has a famous grave of Ollie L Roberts aka Billy the Kid seen easily from the road in the first row. Just south of his grave there is an interior cemetery road that runs east and west. That road is the southern boundary of Oakwood and the northern boundary of New IOOF.
Citation details: Memorial# 42663182. Added 3 OCT 209 by James E. Heidlebaugh. Maintained by Elreeta Winters.
Death
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Burial
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery
Address: GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 31.71690, Longitude: -98.11750. There are 3 cemeteries all together in a line from north to south with no signs marking them or any signage marking where one cemetery ends and one begins. The north cemetery is Littleville, then Oakwood, then New IOOF. Oakwood Cemetery, the middle one, has a famous grave of Ollie L Roberts aka Billy the Kid seen easily from the road in the first row. Just south of his grave there is an interior cemetery road that runs east and west. That road is the southern boundary of Oakwood and the northern boundary of New IOOF.
Citation details: Memorial# 42663182. Added 3 OCT 209 by James E. Heidlebaugh. Maintained by Elreeta Winters.
Family with Mary Ruth Stribling
himself
19112006
Birth: March 6, 1911Moody, McLennan, Texas, USA
Death: June 26, 2006Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, USA
wife
19152005
Birth: December 25, 1915Hamilton, Texas, USA
Death: June 4, 2005Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageOctober 30, 1999Blue Ridge, Falls, Texas, USA
Family with Cora Mildred Williams
himself
19112006
Birth: March 6, 1911Moody, McLennan, Texas, USA
Death: June 26, 2006Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, USA
wife
19121999
Birth: October 12, 1912Callahan, Texas, USA
Death: March 8, 1999Hamilton, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageJuly 30, 1930Blue Ridge, Falls, Texas, USA
Jessie Earl Pruitt + Mary Ruth Stribling
wife’s husband
19121991
Birth: August 27, 1912 24 20 Hamilton, Texas, USA
Death: July 14, 1991Hamilton, Texas, USA
wife
19152005
Birth: December 25, 1915Hamilton, Texas, USA
Death: June 4, 2005Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageMay 27, 1937Hamilton, Texas, USA
3 years
stepson
19402004
Birth: January 19, 1940 27 24 Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, USA
Death: January 10, 2004Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, USA
Birth
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Marriage
Citation details: Memorial# 52123507. Added 08 MAY 2010 by Elreeta Weathers
Marriage
Death
Citation details: Memorial# 52123507. Added 08 MAY 2010 by Elreeta Weathers.
Burial
Citation details: Memorial# 42663182. Added 3 OCT 209 by James E. Heidlebaugh. Maintained by Elreeta Winters.
Note
Citation details: Memorial# 52123507. Added 08 MAY 2010 by Elreeta Weathers
Note
Citation details: Memorial# 52123507. Added 08 MAY 2010 by Elreeta Weathers
Marriage

following one week of courtship. Of course, they had known each other for decades

Note

The Hamilton Herald-News June 29, 2006 ¶ Elmo Wilber Newsom died June 26, 2006. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. June 29 at First Baptist Church in Hamilton with Rev. Keith Felton officiating. ¶ He was born March 6, 1911, in McClennan County at Upper Valley near Moody, the son of John Daniel Newsom and Nina Goode Newsom. His early years were spent in Stampede Valley and he went to school in Willow Grove Community. ¶ Being the son of a share cropper, the family moved many times finally moving back to Blue Ridge in 1944 where he farmed until 1951. ¶ He was married to Cora Mildred Williams at Blue Ridge on July 30, 1930. ¶ In 1933 he bought a school bus which he ran for five years and was paid $50 per month. He also farmed and operated the grocery store at Blue Ridge. He and his wife bought a farm on the Blue Ridge road where they lived for 14 years. ¶ The family moved to Fort Worth during WWII where Elmo worked for Consolidated Aircraft as an electrician on B-24s. ¶ Mr. Newsom began a career working for K. A. Sparks and Herman Tomlinson and later began building on his own. He was joined by his son, Charles and they built at least 150 homes or businesses in Hamilton. ¶ Mr. Newsom was an active member of First Baptist Church for more than 55 years and served on the building committee for many years and was a member of the Builders Sunday School Class. ¶ He was preceeded in death by his first wife, Mildred; two sons, Charles Wilber and Billy Elmo; a sister and two brothers. ¶ Survivors include two daughters, Lou Chumney and husband Carl of Stephenville, Sue Kopp and husband Larry or Pottsville; two daughters-in-law, Von Newsome Burkkhalter of Godley and Janice Lorenz of Burnet; ten grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a sister, Lola Wagner of Hamilton and a sister-in-law, Edna Williams of Fort Worth. ¶ Pallbearers were Bill Don Newsom, Ben Newsom, Jay Newsom, Joey Newsom, Jerald Kopp and John Kopp. ¶ Honorary pallbearers were Chad Lyon, Austin Sewell, Chase Sewell, Ross Bullinger, Whit Whitaker and Will Whitaker. ¶ Riley Funeral Home

Citation details: Memorial# 52123507. Added 08 MAY 2010 by Elreeta Weathers
Note

Father: John Daniel Newsom 1877-1951
Mother: Nina Goode Newsom 1875-1966

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