Westbrook obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Westbrook, Geraldine Saphronia    6 Sep 2005    Sep 2005    Jerry Nelson
Westbrook, Katie Braase          16 Sep 2000    Sep 2000    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  9/6/2005

WESTBROOK, GERALDINE SAPHRONIA 
A retired dietary supervisor with East Baton Rouge Parish School Food
Services, a resident of Baton Rouge and a native of Amite, she passed away
Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. She
was 70. Visiting at Welsh Funeral Home, 6700 Florida Blvd., on Tuesday,
Sept. 6, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visiting at Zoar Baptist Church on
Wednesday, Sept. 7, from 9 a.m. until service at 11 a.m., conducted by Dr.
Kevin Hand. Interment in the church cemetery. Survived by two sons and
daughters-in-law, Austin F. "Rick" and Angela Westbrook and William R.
"Bob" and Terri Westbrook; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Tina and Cecil
Mills and Sylvia and Aubrey Harrell; four brothers and three sisters-
in-law, Wayne and Dottie Jenkins, Otis Jenkins, Terry and Mary Jenkins and
Reggie "Pete" and Mary Jenkins; three grandchildren, Lance Cpl. William R.
Westbrook II, Tyler P. Westbrook and Austin F. Westbrook II; expected
grandchild, Ashton William Chauncey Westbrook; godchildren, Reggie Jenkins
II and Morgan Jenkins; and many loving nieces and nephews. Preceded in
death by her father, Wilford James Jenkins; mother, Maggie Lillian
Thomas Jenkins; and husband, William C. Westbrook. Pallbearers will be
Lance Cpl. William R. Westbrook II, Tyler P. Westbrook, Reggie Jenkins II,
Sgt. Roberts Mills of the Louisiana State Police, Keith Mills, Morgan
Jenkins and Chase Pino. She was a graduate of LSU, past president of
Louisiana Dietetic Association, public volunteer to many organizations, was
devoted to CASA and a longtime member of Zoar Baptist Church. In lieu of
flowers, memorial donations can be made to CASA, the American Heart
Association and the Diabetic Association. 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  9/16/2000

WESTBROOK, KATIE BRAASE
A native and resident of Amite, she died at 4:57 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000, 
at North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond. She was 73. Visitation at McKneely 
Funeral Home, Amite, from 9 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. Saturday, 
conducted by the Rev. David Fortenberry and the Rev. Bob Simpson. Interment in 
Amite Memorial Gardens, Amite. Survived by three daughters, Joyce Graves, Ruth 
Zaffuto and Ruby Burch, all of Amite; two sons, Charles Westbrook, Baton Rouge, 
and James Westbrook, Pine Bluff, Ark.; two sisters, Dorothy Marcus, Amite, and 
Katherine Rice, Greenville, Miss.; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grand-
children. Preceded in death by her husband, J.W. Westbrook; parents, Clarence 
and Josephine Phares Braase; two brothers, Charles Arnold Braase and John Thomas 
Braase; and three sisters, Frances Lee Granger, Joyce Ann Braase and an infant 
sister.

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