Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Westbrook, Bessie L. Turner, 1962 

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BESSIE LOUISE TURNER WESTBROOK

   FRANKLIN - Mrs. Bessie Louise Turner Westbrook, 77, wife of Hugh L. 
Westbrook, died Friday at her home on Clay Street after a long illness.

   She was the daughter of John I. and Rosa Ellen Barham Turner of 
Southampton County and was educated at Blackstone Female College.  She 
was a member of High Street Methodist Church and the Sunshine Bible Class.

   Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Emmett Elliott of Hampden-
Sidney; two sons, Dr. W.H.L. Westbrook, Jr., of Franklin and John Drewry 
Westbrook of Newport News; a brother, R.B. Turner, Sr., of Franklin; and 
two grandchildren.

   Funeral services were held Sunday at 5 p.m. in High Street Methodist 
Church by Rev. G.C. Bentley, pastor.  He was assisted by Rev. James B. 
Douglas of Asbury Methodist Church, Richmond, a former pastor.

   Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.  Active pallbearers were 
Howard Turner, Shelby Turner and J.G. Tuner all of Richmond; R.B. Turner, 
Jr., of New York, Dr. F.C. Turner of Norfolk, and Joe P. King, Jr.


Bessie Louise (TURNER; Mrs. W. Hugh L. {Sr.}) WESTBROOK, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Mar 1962, at home, Franklin, age 77, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 29*), Courtland, 
   25 Mar 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 29, 1962, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 


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