Danielle Newsom

Published 12:00 am Monday, November 16, 2009

LORMAN — Danielle Newsom died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, as the result of a gunshot wound. She was 22.

Ms. Newsom was a student at Alcorn State University and was a member of Fourth Street Church of Christ in Natchez.

She was preceded in death by her father, Willie Newsom.

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She is survived by a son, Danuell Lucas Jr. of Lorman; her mother, Sallie Newsom of Natchez; two brothers, Derrick L. Hamilton of Port Gibson and Adrian G. Newsom of Monticello; two sisters, Amber Newsom and Amy Newsom, both of Lorman; her paternal grandmother, Dr. Ella Anderson of Lorman; her maternal grandmother, Donna Daniel of Itta Bena; her fiancé, Roy Perry Jr. of Gloster; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Fourth Street Church of Christ with Wendell Green officiating. Burial will follow at First Baptist Cemetery in Monticello. Visitation will be from 1 until 6 p.m. Tuesday at Thompson Funeral Home in Port Gibson.