Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Westbrook, Martin L., 1918 

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MARTIN L. WESTBROOK

DEATH AND FUNERAL OF MR. MARTIN L. WESTBROOK

   A very sad death occurred in this community on Monday, January 28th, when 
Mr. Martin L. Westbrook succumbed to a lingering illness.  He was brought 
home the day before from Lakeview Hospital, Suffolk, where he had been under 
treatment for several weeks.  He leaves a wife, formerly Miss Grace Garland 
Beeks of Portsmouth, and two little daughters, Marjorie and Grace Shelton. 
He is also survived by his father, Mr. J.E. Westbrook, of Drewryville, three 
brothers, Blunt Westbrook of Portsmouth, H.L. Westbrook of Franklin, and E.P. 
Westbrook of Courtland, and four sisters, Mrs. W.R.L. Cobb and Mrs. O.M. 
Joyner of Courtland, and Mrs. E.E. Duncan and Mrs. S.P. Johnson of Drewryville.

   The deceased was buried in the cemetery at Drewryville, Tuesday, January 
29, at 12:30 o’clock.


Martin Luther WESTBROOK, 
d. 28 Jan 1918, at home, age 42, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
   29 Jan 1918, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 1, 1918, p. 4 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-28): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 25, 1927, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w231j1ob.txt 


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