Obituary

Newsom, Glenn, Mrs. (Patsy Todd)

Services for Patsy (Todd) Newsom, 73, of Lubbock will be 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, at Abell Funeral Home in Abernathy. Bill Starcher, Tommy Stell and Dan Vaughn will officiate. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home and Flower Shop of Abernathy.

Mrs. Newsom died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, in Lubbock.

She was born in Welch on Sept. 14, 1935, and was married to Glenn Newsom for 53 years.

Patsy was a member of the Lubbock Arboretum and Lubbock Garden Club. She served as former secretary/treasurer for the Lubbock Master Gardeners. Besides gardening she also loved to paint. Patsy was also a longtime member of the Broadway Church of Christ.

Survivors include her husband, Glenn; and a sister, Bonnie Todd of Lubbock; two daughters, Stephanie Mitchell of Austin and Sharon Vaughn of Mt. Aetna, Pa.; three grandchildren and two great-grandsons.

The Newsom family would like to offer a special thanks to the employees of Elmwood House, Rosa, Beth, Lisa and Trish for the loving care they had for Patsy.

Requests for memorial contributions are to the ALS Foundation.