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1930 - 2015 (85 years)| Name | Bobbie SANFORD [1, 2] | |
| Birth | 27 Jan 1930 | Brownsville, Tennessee  [1] |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | of Wedgefield, Sumter County, South Carolina at death- she had an additional grandchild- Melissa Green- who are her parents? jkh BOBBIE S. NEWSOM Posted Sunday, May 17, 2015 6:00 am WEDGEFIELD - Bobbie Sanford Newsom, 85, beloved wife of the late Harry Harvey "Pop" Newsom Jr., died on Friday, May 15, 2015, at her residence. She was born on January 27, 1930, in Brownsville, Tennessee, and she was the daughter of the late Samuel Williamson and Frances Amanda King Sanford. Resident of Wedgefield since 1971, she owned Newsom's Grocery with "Pop," and served on the Wedgefield Volunteer Fire Department. Prior to that, as a military wife of 20 years, she lived on both the east and west coast and in Europe at different times. She worked in the accounts receivable and accounts payable departments at both McChord Air Force Base and Shaw Air Force Base and retired as the office manager and internal auditor at Copeland Insurance Agency. Her keen wit, striking blue eyes, infectious laugh and always welcoming embrace will be lovingly remembered by all that knew her. She was a member of the Wedgefield Presbyterian Church. Surviving are: two daughters, Elizabeth Kornfeld and her husband, Sam, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Rose M. Sestokas of Wedgefield; son, Harry Harvey Newsom III and his wife, Anne, of Tacoma, Washington; sister, Jane Ireland of Collier, Tennesee; brother, Sam S. Sanford of North Carolina; sister-in-law, Ruth Coltart of Destin, Florida; brother-in-law, Richard Newsom of Niceville, Florida.; four grandchildren, Terrance Sestokas, Matt Sestokas, Melissa Green and Amanda Newsom; and seven great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, John Alton Newsom; three sisters, Rozelle Harrison, Bessie Cresap and Anne Baird; and two brothers, John Sanford and Jim Sanford. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Wedgefield Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jody P. Foster officiating. Interment will be held at a later date in Trinity Cemetery, Nut Bush, Tennessee. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 6 to 7 p.m. at the church. Memorials may be made to Wedgefield Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 36, Wedgefield, S.C. 29168. You may sign the family's guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements. [1, 2] | |
| Occupation | she and her husband, Harry, are official weather observers for the National Weather Service and have been carrying out their volunteer responsibilities since September 1986 [1] | |
| _UID | 3432E3F80B71456F9D08C12A747A22132435 | |
| Death | 15 May 2015 | at her residence, (Wedgefield, Sumter County, South Carolina) |
| Burial | 20 May 2015 | Trinity Cemetery, Nut Bush, Tennessee [2] |
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| Person ID | I181922 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 26 May 2015 | |
| Father | Samuel Williamson SANFORD d. Bef 15 May 2015 | |
| Mother | Frances Amanda KING d. Bef 15 May 2015 | |
| _UID | E715BFD5752843C394B40E6DA3EE09FA8AFE | |
| _UID | E715BFD5752843C394B40E6DA3EE09FA8AFE | |
| Family ID | F173831 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Harry Harvey “Pop” NEWSOM, Jr., b. 1928 d. Bef 15 May 2015 (Age < 87 years) | |||||||||
| _UID | 9113EB0755DF411693F5CEA5FF05F36E81FA | |||||||||
| _UID | 9113EB0755DF411693F5CEA5FF05F36E81FA | |||||||||
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| Family ID | F123632 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Last Modified | 26 May 2015 | |||||||||
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