Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Sunday, February 17, 2002

MRS. ALENE NEWSOM BROWN

Riser Funeral Home
Columbia, LA

Funeral services for Mrs. Alene Newsom Brown, age 78, of Monroe will be held 2 PM Monday, February 18, 2002 from the Columbia Chapel of Riser Funeral Home with the Rev.'s Eugene Brown and Rev. Mooney officiating. Interment will follow in the Roberts Cemetery in Kelly, LA.

Alene Newsom Brown was born on September 13, 1923 in Caldwell Parish to the union of her parents, the late Robert J. and Fannie Dunn Newsom. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank Allen Brown. She was an active member of the Rocky Branch Assembly of God.

Survivors include her three sons: Preston Brown of Columbia, SC, Greg Brown of Plantersville, AL and Doyle Brown of Monroe; daughter: Judy McLean of Cornelius, NC three brothers: Arvel Newsom of Ruston, LA, Lyndall Newsom of Olla, LA and Burgess Newsom of Vonore, TN; nine grandchildren; four great grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews.

Visitation for Sunday will be from 3:30 PM until 9 PM and on Monday from 8 AM until time of service at the Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Highway 165, Columbia, LA.