Following is something that I wrote shortly after my son Lowell was born in 1975 and sent to the Lexington Herald Newspaper in hopes of it being printed but it never was.....HERE GOES......... I WRITE THIS IN MEMORY OF MY BROTHER LOWELL BLAYNE NEWSOME, BORN JANUARY 12, 1947. HE WAS WAITING FOR HIS CALL TO THE ARMY WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON MARCH 15, 1966. HE WAS THE FIRST TRAFFIC VICTIM THAT YEAR IN PIKE COUNTY. MY PARENTS, WILLARD AND HAZEL JUNE GREER NEWSOME, RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GOVERNOR NED BREATHITT OFFERING HIS SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCES. OUR FAMILY MISSES HIM SO MUCH, BUT OUR LOVE STILL KEEPS HIS MEMORY VERY NEAR AND HIS SPIRIT ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS. LOWELL WAS 3 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS OLDER THAN I. MY BROTHER WILLARD MORRIS, BORN AUGUST 18, 1952, 16 MONTHS YOUNGER THAN I, DIED AT THE AGE OF 7 MONTHS FROM SPINAL MENINGITIS. HE WAS BURIED ON MARCH 18, 1953. MY BROTHER LOWELL WAS BURIED ON MARCH 18, 1966. MY OLDEST BROTHER, ROY MALAINE, WAS BORN ON JUNE 21, 1945 AND IS 5 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS OLDER THAN I. HE WAS IN AN AUTOMOBILE ON MARCH 13, 1964 IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR 55 DAYS, DURING WHICH TIME HE HAD TO HAVE HIS LEFT LEG AMPUTATED BELOW THE KNEE. ROY WAS ADMITTED TO EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL IN LEXINGTON, KY ON MARCH 13, 1966, EXACTLY TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE OF HIS ACCIDENT. TWO DAYS LATER OUR BROTHER LOWELL WAS KILLED. ROY IS IN EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL, A PATIENT WITH PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE DUE TO THE ACCIDENT IN MICHIGAN. IN MAY 1974 THE DOCTOR TOLD MY WIFE TO EXPECT A CHILD ON DECEMBER 27, 1974. WE HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR ALMOST 6 YEARS. TWO WEEKS AND TWO DAYS AFTER THE DUE DATE, OUR FIRST BORN, A SON, ARRIVED ON JANUARY 12, 1975. I HAD PLANNED TO TO GIVE THE BABY MY NAME, BUT NEVER COULD HAVE BEEN SATISFIED SINCE HE WAS BORN ON MY BROTHERS BIRTHDAY NOT TO GIVE HIM HIS NAME, LOWELL BLAYNE NEWSOME. MY WIFE PATRICIA GAYE ROSE NEWSOME, AND MY BABY SON LOWELL BLAYNE, ARE BOTH DOING FINE AND I AM THE HAPPIEST GUY IN THE WORLD. I WANT ALL OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO SHARE IN THIS HAPPINESS WITH US, AND TO KNOW THE JOY AND EXCITEMENT THIS HAS BROUGHT ME. THE DOCTORS AND NURSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER SHARE THIS HAPPINESS WITH US, AT 11:01 A.M.,SUNDAY JANUARY 12, 1975, THEY PERFORMED A CESAREAN SECTION TO DELIVER MY 8 LB. 8 OZ SON, WHICH MADE ME THE PROUDEST FATHER YOU WILL EVER FIND. I WANT TO THANK THE DOCTORS AND NURSES WHO TOOK CARE OF MY WIFE AND BABY SON THE FIVE DAYS THEY WERE IN THE HOSPITAL. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK DR. JONES, WHO DELIVERED MY SON, AND POSED FOR A PICTURE HOLDING HIM. ON OUR WAY HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL I STOPPED AT EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL TO LET MY BROTHER ROY BE THE FIRST ONE IN MY FAMILY TO HOLD LOWELL. WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE, ANTHONY WAYNE NEWSOME
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:27:36 +0000
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