Man Helps Ring Bell for Evening Service, Dies Behind Church, Oct. 28, 1925

Goldsboro Man Found Dead Behind Church

Goldsboro, Oct. 27—George Newsom, aged about 45, a life-long resident of Goldsboro and vicinity, was found dead about 11 o’clock Sunday night in the rear of the Presbyterian Church at Georgetown. Mr. Newsome, who resides near Georgetown, had gone to the church about 7 o’clock, and later aiding in ringing the church bell for the evening services, walked off, and was not seen again until members of his family, becoming alarming at his absence from home, and instituted a search. Thomas Newsome, the dead man’s brother, found him in the rear of the church. Death was probably a result of heart failure and Mr. Newsome had apparently been dead for several hours.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Oct. 28, 1925. Last name was first spelled “Newsom” and subsequently spelled “Newsome”.

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