Melvin Jean Newsome Obituary
We are sad to announce that, on March 20, 2026, Melvin Jean Newsome of Magee, Mississippi passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Melvin farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Melvin is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her father Curtis Newsome. She is survived by: her mother Margaret Butler Newsome of New Hebron, MS; her children, Tamaz Newsome of Magee, MS, Tyshun Newsome of Hattiesburg, MS, Wykeria Newsome of Mendenhall, MS and Tamaya Newsome of Monticello, MS; and her siblings, Kevin Newsome of Atlanta, GA, Joyce Gatlin of New Hebron, MS and Linda Brown of New Hebron, MS.
