Bernice Baker Newman, 79, widow of Norman M. Newman, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at her home.
Born in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late Mack Newell Baker and the late Emma Renthy Baker. Mrs. Newman was a member of Temple Baptist Church and was a retired seamstress from Pioneer Ltd.
Surviving are a son, Richard S. Newman and wife, Stephanie, of Sumter; a daughter, Louise N. Summerall of Sumter; three grandchildren, Joe Summerall Jr. and wife, Denise, of Florida, Jennifer McLeod and husband, Brian, and Leigh Bruce and husband, Joe, all of Sumter; four great-grandchildren, Kelsey Newman, Elyse Summerall, Matthew Bruce and Dylan McLeod; one brother, O'Neal Baker of Sumter; and a special friend, Daniel Lackey.
Mrs. Newman was preceded in death by four brothers, Elbert H. Baker, Samuel Baker, Newell Baker and Oliver Baker; two sisters, Cornelia B. Britton and Myrtle B. Britton; and two grandchildren, Angela Summerall and Tammy Summerall.
Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. Allan Glass officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Born in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late Mack Newell Baker and the late Emma Renthy Baker. Mrs. Newman was a member of Temple Baptist Church and was a retired seamstress from Pioneer Ltd.
Surviving are a son, Richard S. Newman and wife, Stephanie, of Sumter; a daughter, Louise N. Summerall of Sumter; three grandchildren, Joe Summerall Jr. and wife, Denise, of Florida, Jennifer McLeod and husband, Brian, and Leigh Bruce and husband, Joe, all of Sumter; four great-grandchildren, Kelsey Newman, Elyse Summerall, Matthew Bruce and Dylan McLeod; one brother, O'Neal Baker of Sumter; and a special friend, Daniel Lackey.
Mrs. Newman was preceded in death by four brothers, Elbert H. Baker, Samuel Baker, Newell Baker and Oliver Baker; two sisters, Cornelia B. Britton and Myrtle B. Britton; and two grandchildren, Angela Summerall and Tammy Summerall.
Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. Allan Glass officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Bernice Baker Newman, 79, widow of Norman M. Newman, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, at her home.
Born in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late Mack Newell Baker and the late Emma Renthy Baker. Mrs. Newman was a member of Temple Baptist Church and was a retired seamstress from Pioneer Ltd.
Surviving are a son, Richard S. Newman and wife, Stephanie, of Sumter; a daughter, Louise N. Summerall of Sumter; three grandchildren, Joe Summerall Jr. and wife, Denise, of Florida, Jennifer McLeod and husband, Brian, and Leigh Bruce and husband, Joe, all of Sumter; four great-grandchildren, Kelsey Newman, Elyse Summerall, Matthew Bruce and Dylan McLeod; one brother, O'Neal Baker of Sumter; and a special friend, Daniel Lackey.
Mrs. Newman was preceded in death by four brothers, Elbert H. Baker, Samuel Baker, Newell Baker and Oliver Baker; two sisters, Cornelia B. Britton and Myrtle B. Britton; and two grandchildren, Angela Summerall and Tammy Summerall.
Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. Allan Glass officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home.
Born in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late Mack Newell Baker and the late Emma Renthy Baker. Mrs. Newman was a member of Temple Baptist Church and was a retired seamstress from Pioneer Ltd.
Surviving are a son, Richard S. Newman and wife, Stephanie, of Sumter; a daughter, Louise N. Summerall of Sumter; three grandchildren, Joe Summerall Jr. and wife, Denise, of Florida, Jennifer McLeod and husband, Brian, and Leigh Bruce and husband, Joe, all of Sumter; four great-grandchildren, Kelsey Newman, Elyse Summerall, Matthew Bruce and Dylan McLeod; one brother, O'Neal Baker of Sumter; and a special friend, Daniel Lackey.
Mrs. Newman was preceded in death by four brothers, Elbert H. Baker, Samuel Baker, Newell Baker and Oliver Baker; two sisters, Cornelia B. Britton and Myrtle B. Britton; and two grandchildren, Angela Summerall and Tammy Summerall.
Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Temple Baptist Church with the Rev. Allan Glass officiating. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home.
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