Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA)
Monday, November 14, 1966

L. T. Newsom, A & P store manager, dies

WEST LAKE -- Louis Troy Newsom Jr., 42, of 2108 Jones St., died at 3 a.m. today in his residence.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the north chapel of the Hixson Funeral Home with the Rev. A. D. Becton, and Dr. Van Eaton officiating.

Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens.

A native of Sikes, Mr. Newsom was a member of the West Lake Baptist Church and a veteran of World War II. He was manager of the Oak Park A & P Store and had been manager of area A & P stores for the past 15 years.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Joyce Newsom; one son, Johnny Newsom of West Lake; three daughters, Patricia, Delena and Jacqueline Newsom all of West Lake; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis T. Newsom Sr. of Lake Charles; three brothers, Mahlon Newsom of Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., Hubert Newsom of Lafayette and Joe Harold Newsom of Lake Charles.