Crisp-Sumter-Dooly County GaArchives Obituaries.....Westbrook, Wade Hampton, Sr. November 23, 1932
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Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia, Wednesday, November 23, 1932, Front Page.
Cordele Dispatch
Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia
Wednesday, November 23, 1932

W. H. WESTBROOK DIES AT HOME HERE EARLY WEDNESDAY.

PROMINENT CITIZEN AND BUSINESS MAN SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS.  FUNERAL SERVICES 
TOMORROW MORNING.

Death claimed Mr. W. Hampton Westbrook at two-fifteen this morning, following 
an illness of several weeks at the family home on Thirteen Avenue East.  Mr. 
Westbrook was fifty-one years of age, and for the past year had been in 
failing health.  He was confined to his bed for two weeks, his condition being 
considered critical from the outset.  Death resulted from an attack of 
pneumonia and complications.

In the passing of Mr. Westbrook, Cordele loses one of her most prominent and 
esteemed citizens, and a pall of sorrow has been cast over the city.  The 
sympathy of a host of friends goes out to the bereaved ones.

Mr. Westbrook was born in Sumter county, the son of the late W. H. Westbrook  
and  Mary Kitchens Westbrook, but had resided in Cordele since early boyhood.  
For many years he was a member of the well known firm of Westbrook Brothers, 
clothiers, and two years ago assumed complete charge of this business.  He 
served five years as City Commissioner, and at the time of his death was 
Chairman of the board of City Commisssioner.  He was for a number of years, a 
Steward of the Methodist church and was recently appointed a Trustee.  He was 
a Christian gentleman, held in highest esteem by all who knew him.  A fact of 
unusal sadness in connectionwiith his death was that it occurred on the 
anniversary of his marriage Twenty-three years ago today.  Mr. Westbrook was 
married to Miss Elizabeth Read, daughter of Rev. K. Read and the late Mrs. 
Read, of Cordele.  Mr. Coley Wynne who was best man will serve as one of the 
pallbearers, at his funeral tomorrow.

Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Misses Eula Day  and  
Elizabeth Westbrook, and one son,  Hamp Westbrook, III.

One brother, Mr. J. T. Westbrook, of Cordele, and a sister, Mrs. Deariso, of 
Sylvester also survive.

Funeral services will be held fro the home tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock, 
conduuctd by Rev. T. H. Williams, pastor of the First Methodist Church, of 
which the deceased was a member, assisted by, Rev. J. S. Davis, of the 
Presbyterian church.

Mrs. O. T. Gower will sing as a solo, "Crossing the Bar."

Interment will be in Sunnyside cemetery.

The active pallbearers will be:  Messrs J. H. Jordon, W. P. Fleming, R. L. 
Evers, Coley Wynne, John R. Brown, Herbert Marshall, Jesse Westbrook, Jr. , D. 
H. Standard.

The Honorary escort will be composed of the following, including members of 
the City Commission and Stewards of the Methodist church; Messrs Jerry Slade, 
G. C. Lewis, J. L. Strickland, W. E. Pridgen, Edd Jones, Britt Williams, 
Walter Pye, J. J. Williams, Sonny Roobin, C. R. Bulloch, D. W. Childers, J. H. 
Cox, M. F. Davis, W. K. Doninick, E. S. Killebrew, M. H. Mulkey, W. C. 
Reynolds, P. M. Strickland, F. C. Starr, DR. M. R. Smith, E. F. Tison, E. A. 
Vinson, A. J. Whelchel, R. L. Wright, W. H. Dorris, J. C. Walters, Paul 
Hattaway, Dr. N. B. Jones, Otto S. Holt, P. H. Greene, Dr. Charles Adams, C. 
C. Shearer, E. C. Greene, and A. E. Walton.

 

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