Paul David NEWSOME^{[1, 2]}

1925 - 2013  (88 years)

• Name	Paul David NEWSOME
  Birth	30 Mar 1925	Whiteville, Hardeman Co, TN   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  WWII	1943  [2]
  	Paul joined the US Navy in 1943. He served aboard the aircraft search ship, USS Cook Inlet during her Pacific theater operations, which began during January of 1945.
  Occupation	Before 1977  [2]
  	Paul worked for the Department of Defense at Tinker Field in Oklahoma City. He designed aircraft maintenance systems for the Strategic Air Command. He retired in 1977.
  Death	10 Apr 2013	[3]
  	Paul died on 10 April 2013. He was 88 years old.
  MEMS	12 Apr 2013	Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK   [2]
  	A memorial service was held at 1:00pm on Friday, 12 April 2013 at Fellowship Lutheran Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  Cremation	Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK   [2]
  	His remains were cremated.
  Person ID	I63820	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	William H. NEWSOM,   b. c. 1902, Tennessee
  Mother	Grace (UNKNOWN),   b. c. 1902, Tennessee
  Family ID	F7509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Greta FAGERQUIST   d. After 10 April 2013
  Marriage	27 Mar 1946	Oklahoma Co, OK   [4]
  	The couple was married in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma on 27 March 1946.
  Children	1. Mark NEWSOME   2. Bill NEWSOME   3. David NEWSOME
  Family ID	F7515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S3535] 1940 US Census / Newsome, William H. [S3540] Paul D. Newsome obituary, Tulsa World, (Oklahoma) 12 April 2013. [S3538] Paul Newsome. SSDI. Ancestry.com. [S3541] Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Marriage Index, 1889-1951 . Book 146, p. 449: Newsome - Fagerquist entry.