Zennra Neusom

Zennra "Tootsie" Neusom, 86, passed away on Monday, March 31, 2014. She was a longtime resident of the Chattanooga and North Georgia area and attended Gospel Way Baptist Church. Mrs. Neusom was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Neusom. Survivors include her daughters, Shirley Kesley, Darlene Ridge, Rosetta Murphy and Sammie Neusom; sons, E.J. Newsome, Eddie Newsom and Charlie Newsom; 12 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the South Crest Chapel with Rev. Lamar Dietz officiating. Burial will follow in Chattanooga National Cemetery. To share expressions of sympathy, visit lane-southcrestchapel.com. The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. Wednesday until the service hour at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home & Crematory, Rossville.