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A visitation for family and friends will be held from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral in Panama City, Florida. Mrs. Newsome will be laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Newsome was born and reared in Jackson County, Florida, daughter of the late John Henry Shipes and Mattie Barrentine Shipes She lived in Panama City all her adult lifetime. Mrs. Newsome was a member of First Baptist Church of Eufaula and a former member of Eastside Assembly of God in Panama City. She worked as a seamstress most of her adult lifetime.
Mrs. Newsome was preceded in death by her husband, Clayton R. Newsome, Sr., and two sisters, Ruby Sims and Bonnie Smith.
Surviving relatives include a daughter, Donna Burch (Charles), Eufaula; a son, Clayton R. Newsome, Jr. (Eloise), Panama City, FL; grandchildren, Michelle Holley (Paul), Angela Hawkins (Mike), Alecia Clagett (Andrew), Stephanie Silva (Joe), and Burton Funchess (Lisa); eleven great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren.
Services entrusted to Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home and Cemeteries.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Opal Newsome, please visit our floral store. '
Cemetery Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery 2403 Harrison Avenue Panama City, FL 32405 To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Opal, please visit our floral store.
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