Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Westbrook, Edwin P. Jr., 1982 

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EDWIN PERSON WESTBROOK JR.

  Edwin Person Westbrook Jr.,65, of Shands Drive, Courtland, died Wednesday 
in Southampton Memorial Hospital.  He was a lifelong resident of Courtland 
and the husband of Mrs. Ethel M. Westbrook.  He was alumni of Randolph-Macon 
College and was retired from Hancock Peanut Co.  He was a member of the 
Courtland United Methodist Church.  Surviving besides his wife are two 
daughters, Mrs. Jeanne W. Pope of Drewryville and Mrs. Peggy W. Shank of 
Reston, Va.; one son, James E. Westbrook, of Richmond; three sisters, Mrs. 
Mary E. Smith of Delano, Tenn., Mrs. Eunice W. Jones and Mrs. Clare P. 
Councill, both of Franklin; eight grand-children.  A funeral service will 
be held at the graveside Friday at 11 a.m. in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland 
by the Rev. Richard McNutt.  Wright Funeral Home, Franklin is in charge of 
arrangements.  The family suggests memorials may be made to the Courtland 
United Methodist Church.

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EDWIN PERSON WESTBROOK JR.

   COURTLAND - A funeral service for Edwin Person Westbrook Jr., 65, was held 
Friday, Jan. 15 at 11 a.m. in Riverside Cemetery by the Rev. Richard McNutt. 
Wright Funeral Home had charge.

   Pallbearers were: Martin Cobb, Harvey McLemore, Ben Williams Jr., Warren 
Councill, Parker Councill, Benn Williams III, and Monroe Joyner.

   Westbrook died Wednesday, Jan. 13 in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   A lifelong resident of Courtland, he was the husband of Ethel M. Westbrook. 
He was an alumni of Randolph-Macon College and a retired Hancock Peanut 
Company employee.

   He was a member of Courtland United Methodist Church.

   Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Jeanne W. Pope of Drewryville 
and Peggy W. Shank of Reston, Va.; a son James E. Westbrook of Richmond; three 
sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Smith of Delano, Tenn., Mrs. Eunice W. Jones and Mrs. 
Clare P. Councill of Franklin; and eight grandchildren.


Edwin Person WESTBROOK, retired Hancock Peanut employee, 
lifelong resident of Courtland area, d. 13 Jan 1982, Richmond, age 91, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 19*), Courtland, 
   15 Jan 1982, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Jan. 14, 1982, p. 4; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 28, 1982, p. 9A 

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

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 8, 1970) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w231e1ob.txt 


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