Harold Lee Newsome Sr.

HAROLD LEE NEWSOME SR., 54, OF 706 EAST WASHINGTON ST. CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED FRIDAY DECEMBER 14, 2007 AT 6:24 AM AT HARRISBURG MEDICAL CENTER. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY DECEMBER 18, 2007 AT 11 AM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE MONDAY FROM 6 TO 8 PM. BURIAL WILL BE IN LAKEVIEW CEMETERY AND THE REV. BOB PRATHER WILL OFFICIATE. HE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 16, 1953 IN HARRISBURG, IL TO THE LATE LAVERN NEWSOME AND VIRGINIA (PORTEE) GORDON. HE MARRIED ELSPETH JONELL HAYES ON FEBRUARY 14, 2004 AND SHE SURVIVES. HE WAS A RETIRED LABORER AND A MEMBER OF LABORERS UNION 198. HE IS SURVIVED BY 5 DAUGHTERS: DEEDRA NEWSOME AND HUSBAND MICHAEL DEMARTINO OF MARION, IL; CHRISTY (MARCUS) SIMPSON OF HARRISBURG, IL; SHALESE NEWSOME AND FIANCEE ATIF SHERWANI OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; ROCHEA NEWSOME AND FIANCEE VERN GUYTON; AND VANESSA GIBBS BOTH OF HARRISBURG, IL; 3 SONS: HAROLD LEE NEWSOME JR. AND FIANCEE HEATHER WILSON; JAMES (DANA) HAYES BOTH OF HARRISBURG, IL AND NATHAN (STEPHANIE) HAYES OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; A BROTHER: LOWELL (LAURA) MOSS OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; A SISTER MARCHETA (GREGORY) SHAW OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; STEP-BROTHER: SILAS GORDON OF SPRINGFIELD, IL AND A STEP-SISTER: CONNIE GORDON OF ATLANTA, GA; 12 GRANDCHILDREN: KARENA JOHNSON, LEGACY REESE, MICHAEL DEMARTINO JR., BRIANNA HAYES, CYRUS NEWSOME, NAKIA DEMARTINO, NEVON NEWSOME HAYES, DAIVON DEMARTINO, ATYUS NEWSOME, NAUTICY STUCKY, HAROLD NEWSOME III, AND VERSHAY GUYTON. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 2 DAUGHTERS: DYIA NEWSOME AND ANGEL BROOKLYN HAYES, A BROTHER: JAMES PORTEE AND A GRANDAUGHTER: HEAVEN LEE NEWSOME.