JULIA ALMA GURLEY NEWSOME
May 7, 1929-July 14, 2018
Julia Alma Gurley Newsome, 89, went to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday evening, July 14, at home surrounded by her loving family.
A homegoing service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Free Chapel Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, where she was a faithful member. Interment will follow in Wayne Memorial Park, Dudley.
The family will receive friends Wednesday from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the church.
Mrs. Newsome was born May 7, 1929, in Johnston County to the late John David and Pauline Johnson Gurley.
She was retired from Barry’s of Goldsboro.
She is survived by her loving daughters, Piper Brock and husband, Freddie, of LaGrange and Julie Tillett of Princeton; her daughter-in-law, Brenda Newsome of Goldsboro; three brothers, Ralph Gurley, David Gurley and Ronnie Gurley and wife, Pat, of Goldsboro; one sister, Lou Sasser of Goldsboro; six grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a special caregiver, Nurse Dale.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Newsome was preceded in death by her husband, D.N. Newsome; her son, Randy Newsome; four brothers, Rob, Walt, Wayne and Ken Gurley; her sister, Glady’s Grimes; one granddaughter, Teresa Blow; and one great-granddaughter, Adrienne McCoy.
The family is in the care of Howell Funeral Home and Crematory in Goldsboro.
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Published in Obituaries on July 17, 2018 8:05 AM