Jerald Stephen Newsom, 69, of Hernando, passed away at Baptist Hospital in Memphis on October 24, 2025. He was born in Memphis on November 12, 1955, to Sterling Newsom Jr and Mary Lucille Shackelford. Jerry had many talents and was loved by all who knew him.
Jerry is survived by a son, Jason Perry Newsom (Melissa) of Coldwater, and two daughters Jessica Newsom (John) of Parsons, Tennessee, and Rebecca Newsom Emerson (Michael). He also leaves two brothers, Gary Newsom of Coldwater and Cary Newsom of Marion, Arkansas, and five sisters, Dianne Geeslin, Patty Pesce, and Tamee McClure, all of Olive Branch, and Roxanne Bondurant of North Carolina and Mary Ann Yon of Byhalia, and five grandchildren, Brooklyn, Aiden, Trent, Lucy, and Isaac.
Services for Jerry Newsom will be held Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at noon, at Meadowbrook Baptist Church in Byhalia. A visitation for family and friends will begin at 10:00 and will continue until service time. Burial will be at Betts Cemetery. The Holly Springs Funeral Home has charge. |