Growing up in Rockingham County in the mid-1960s and ‘70s, I knew before first grade that Susie Marshall Sharp — Judge Susie as we called her — was a homegrown woman to model.
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Susie Spear, Greensboro News & Record staff reporter on June 18, 2025.
Retired judge Susie Sharp leaves her niece Susie Newsom Lynch’s memorial service on June 6, 1985.
Judge Susie Sharp stands next to her portrait with her niece Susie Newsom Lynch’s sons, John (left), 10, and James “Jim”, 9.
People and scenes involved in the Klenner/Newsom Lynch murder/suicides
Fredrick "Fritz" Klenner is seen in this 1982 photo taken at his father's Reidsville, NC office. Klenner, Susie, and her sons John and Jim died June 3, 1985.
LEFT: Susie Newsom Lynch (from left) with her sons, James “Jim”, 9, and John, 10 in 1985.
Dr. Thomas “Tom” Lynch, ex-husband of Susie Newsom Lynch and father of James “Jim” and John Lynch.
Kathy Lynch, second wife of Dr. Thomas “Tom” Lynch.
Janie Lynch, sister of Dr. Thomas “Tom” Lynch and former sister-in-law of Susie Newsom Lynch. Murdered in Kentucky.
Delores Lynch, mother of Dr. Thomas “Tom” Lynch and former mother-in-law of Susie Newsom Lynch. Murdered in Kentucky.
Judge Susie Sharp in 1979, aunt of Susie Newsom Lynch and Fritz Klenner.
Judge Susie Sharp stands next to her portrait with her niece Susie Newsom Lynch’s sons, John (left), 10, and James “Jim”, 9.
Judge Susie Sharp stands next to her portrait with her niece Susie Newsom Lynch’s sons, John (left), 10, and James “Jim”, 9.
Susie Sharp in her robe in 1979 never supported the Equal Rights Amendment. Of ERA supporters, she said grinning, “Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they do.”
Robert Newsom III, son of murder victims Robert and Florence Newsom, testifies at the trial of Ian Mark Perkins in August of 1985.
Robert Newsom Jr., father of Susie Newsom Lynch.
Hattie Newsom. Newsom, her son, Robert Newsom Jr. and his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, were murdered in their home on Valley Road in Winston-Salem in May of 1985.
Florence Sharp Newsom, mother of Susie Newsom Lynch.
Florence Sharp Newsom, mother of Susie Newsom Lynch.
The Newsom house at 3239 Valley Road where Robert Newsom Jr., his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, and his mother, Hattie Newsom, were murdered in May of 1985 in Winston-Salem.
Police tape stretches across the driveway leading to the Newsom house at 3239 Valley Road where Robert Newsom Jr., his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, and his mother, Hattie Newsom, were murdered in May of 1985 in Winston-Salem.
Police tape stretches across the fence around the yard to the Newsom house at 3239 Valley Road where Robert Newsom Jr., his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, and his mother, Hattie Newsom, were murdered in May of 1985 in Winston-Salem.
The bodies of Susie Newsom Lynch’s parents, Florence and Bob Newsom, and grandmother, Hattie Newsom, are brought out of the residence in an ambulance at 10:45 AM Monday on Valley Road in Winston-Salem, NC, 05/20/1985.
The Newsom house at 3239 Valley Road where Robert Newsom Jr., his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, and his mother, Hattie Newsom, were murdered in May of 1985 in Winston-Salem.
3239 Valley Road on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Susie Newsom Lynch’s parents, Florence and Bob Newsom, and grandmother, Hattie Newsom, lived and were killed here in 1985.
People stand across the street from the Newsom house (3239 Valley Road) where Robert Newsom Jr., his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, and his mother, Hattie Newsom, were murdered in May of 1985 in Winston-Salem.
3239 Valley Road on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Susie Newsom Lynch’s parents, Florence and Bob Newsom, and grandmother, Hattie Newsom, lived and were killed here in 1985.
People attend the funeral service for Robert Newsom Jr., his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, and his mother, Hattie Newsom, on May 23, 1985, after their murders.
A grandson (and his wife) to Hattie Newsom attend the funeral service for Robert Newsom Jr., his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, and his mother, Hattie Newsom, on May 23, 1985, after their murders.
People attend the funeral service for Robert Newsom Jr., his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, and his mother, Hattie Newsom, on May 23, 1985, after their murders.
Family members attend the funeral service for Robert Newsom Jr., his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, and his mother, Hattie Newsom, on May 23, 1985, after their murders.
Family members attend the funeral service for Robert Newsom Jr., his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, and his mother, Hattie Newsom, on May 23, 1985, after their murders.
Family members attend the funeral service for Robert Newsom Jr., his wife, Florence Sharp Newsom, and his mother, Hattie Newsom, on May 23, 1985, after their murders.
Retired judge Susie Sharp leaves her niece Susie Newsom Lynch’s memorial service on June 6, 1985.
Dr. Frederick Klenner, father of Fritz Klenner, in his Reidsville office.
The home of Annie Klenner and Frederick Klenner Sr., parents of Frederick “Fritz” Klenner, in Reidsville.
Frederick "Fritz" Klenner house, Reidsville, NC, 06/03/1985.
Frederick "Fritz" Klenner grave site, Greenview Cemetery, Reidsville, NC, 08/21/1985.
Margie Vaden of Sandy Ridge, N.C. attended an auction on Saturday at the Five Star Auction in 2003 in Reidsville, where items from the estate of Frederick (Fritz) Klenner Jr. and Susie Lynch were sold.
A portrait was one of many items sold Saturday at the Five Star Auction House in 2003 in Reidsville, where items that had belonged to Frederick (Fritz) Klenner Jr. and Susie Lynch were auctioned.
People gathered at the Five Star Auction House in 2003 in Reidsville on Saturday morning to buy a piece of history. Items from the estate of Frederick (Fritz) Klenner Jr. and Susie Lynch were auctioned.
