Mary Newsom Mann

Mrs. Mary Carter Newsom Mann, age 102, of McDonough, wife of the late Lewis Mann, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2019, at Westbury Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Mrs. Mann was born in Madison on July 19, 1917, daughter of the late James Marion Newsom, Sr. and Mary Carter Atkinson Newsom. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of McDonough where she was active in the WMU and sang in the Sr. Adult choir, and was a former member of Dewy Rose Baptist Church, where she was active in the WMU and taught the GAs. Mrs. Mann was a very crafty person who enjoyed knitting, quilting, and painting.

Survivors include her children: Donald L. Mann of Stockbridge and Anita and Carl James of McDonough; sister, Dorothy Randolph of Locust Grove; grandchildren: Tamara Goforth, Errol Mann, Jeremy Mann, Carla Weldon, and David James; thirteen great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, she is preceded in death by her daughter-in-law, Andrea Brown Mann; and siblings: Mildred Hadden, J. Marion Newsom, Jr., and William H. Newsom.

Graveside services celebrating her life will be held on Friday, November 8, at 2 o’clock in the Dewy Rose Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Gary Purvis and the Rev. Tom Bergman officiating.

Contributions may be made in her memory to Dewy Rose Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 1923 Pulliam Mill Road, Dewy Rose, GA 30634.

Those wishing may sign the online guestbook at www.berryfh.com.

Berry Funeral Home & Crematory of Elberton is respectfully in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Mary Carter Newsom Mann.