Martha Alberta NEWSOM^[1]

1911 - 2002  (91 years)

• Name	Martha Alberta NEWSOM
  Birth	1 Sep 1911	Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	6 Oct 2002	Brownsville, Haywood Co, TN   [2, 3]
  	Martha died at Methodist Healthcare Brownsville Hospital in Brownsville, Tennessee on 6 October 2002. She was 91 years old.
  funeral	8 Oct 2002	Brownsville, Haywood Co, TN   [3]
  	Her funeral service was held at Brownsville Funeral Home in Brownsville, Tennessee at 3:00pm on 8 October 2002.
  Burial	8 Oct 2002	Rudolph, Haywood Co, TN   [3]
  	Interment followed at Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery in Rudolph, Tennessee.
  Person ID	I50927	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Lawrence NEWSOM,   b. 2 May 1868, Tennessee d. 10 Dec 1937, Haywood Co, TN (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Martha Henrietta KELSO,   b. 14 Feb 1874, Haywood Co, TN d. 24 Nov 1948, Brownsville, Haywood Co, TN (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1893	Haywood Co, TN   [4]
  	The couple was married in Haywood County, Tennessee on 26 November 1893.
  Notes	The 1910 census notes that Martha had given birth to 3 children, all of whom were living on 29 April 1910.
  Family ID	F2523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William David PARKS,   b. 7 Aug 1910   d. 12 Oct 1977 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1930  [3, 5]
  	According to the inscription on their shared headstone, the couple was married on 24 May 1930.
  Notes	There were no children from this marriage.
  Family ID	F2568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: January 1920, Haywood Co, TN [S5221] Resided: April 1930, Haywood Co, TN

  
  

• Sources

  [S5221] 1920 US Census / Newsom, Robt. L. [S4127] Martha N. Parks. SSN 411-52-7059. SSDI. [S5220] Martha Alberta Newsom Parks obituary, The Commercial Appeal, (Memphis, TN) 8 October 2002. [S3843] Mitchell, "William Newsom - Martha M. Bailey descendants' information". [S2084] Find A Grave, online (http://www.findagrave.com). William David Parks gravestone inscription, Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rudolph, TN; downloaded 16 October 2014.