WILLIAM BRAXTON WESTBERRY

(MILTON THOMAS3, JOSIAH2, MOSES1) was born April 15, 1856 in Appling Co, Georgia, and died April 15, 1913 in Wayne Co, Georgia. He married SUSAN WILLIAMS January 16, 1878 in Wayne Co, Georgia. She was born November 25, 1855 in Wayne Co, Georgia, and died January 24, 1938 in Wayne Co, Georgia.

Notes for WILLIAM BRAXTON WESTBERRY:
1880 Census, Wayne Co, Georgia.
William B. Westberry, 23; Susan, 24; Idelle, 1.
1900 Census, Wayne Co, Georgia.
William B. Westberry, Jul. 1856; Susan, Nov. 1855; Donie, Nov. 1881; Hugh, Dec. 1883; Catherina, Sep. 1886; Coleman, Apr. 1889; Lucy, Jun. 1893; Port, Jul. 1899.
1910 Census, Wayne Co, Georgia.
William Westberry, 53; Susan, 53; W. C., 25; Lucy, 16; Port, 9.

The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., April 16, 1913.
Wayne Co. Official Strops Razor and Slashes Throat. Jesup, Ga., April 15. – (Special.) –
W. Brack Westberry, a prominent citizen of Wayne county, committed suicide at his home near here today. Telling his family that he was going to feed his horses, Westberry went to the horse lot, taking his razor and strop with him. After whetting the blade, he cut a deep gash in the right side of his throat. When discovered a few minutes later by his son, Hugh Westberry, he was dead. The strop was hanging on a barn wall near by. Westberry, who was county road superintendent, had been in bad health for some time and brooded over this until his mind became affected, causing him to kill himself.
Buried at Flint Branch.

Notes for SUSAN WILLIAMS:
1920 Census, Wayne Co, Georgia.
Susan Westberry, 64; Port, 20; Emma, 16-Wife of Port; Laura, 3/12.

*The Jesup Sentinel, Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia, Thursday, January 27, 1938.
Mrs. Westberry Aged Citizen of Wayne Passes – Mrs. Susan Westberry, a life-long resident of Wayne County, died at her home in Jesup Monday afternoon following an illness of several days. Mrs. Westberry had lived to the ripe old age of eighty-two, and had lived in the Flint Branch community until a few years ago when she moved to Jesup, to make her home. Her husband, W. B. Westberry preceded her in death about twenty years ago. The deceased was a faithful and devoted member of the Flint Branch Baptist Church near Jesup, of which she affiliated with when quite a young woman and was active in her Christian duties until her declining health due to her age. Mrs. Westberry is survived by six children; three daughters, Mrs. J. B. Rogers, and Mrs. T. W. Thompson, of Jesup, and Mrs. Lucy Westberry, of Daytona Beach, Fla.; three sons, W. C. and Port Westberry, of Jesup, and H. H. Westberry, of Screven, and thirty-five grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from Flint Branch Baptist Church near Jesup, Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock, with her pastor, Rev. H. C. Hodges, of Ludowici, conducting the services. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the church cemetery in the presence of a host of relatives and friends who paid their last rites to the deceased. The pallbearers were: Robert L. Harris, Leslie Clary, T. O. Mattox, A. E. Knight, Sr., Charles Williams, and D. R. Smith. Wayne Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Children of WILLIAM WESTBERRY and SUSAN WILLIAMS are:

i. IDELLE WESTBERRY, b. 1879.

ii. DONICE WESTBERRY, b. November 22, 1881, Wayne Co, Georgia; d. September 19, 1973, Osceola Co, Florida; m. THOMAS W. THOMPSON, December 04, 1900, Wayne Co, Georgia; b. March 18, 1878, Wayne Co, Georgia; d. September 14, 1951.

iii. HUGH HEYWOOD WESTBERRY, b. December 03, 1883, Wayne Co, Georgia; d. October 1946, Highlands Co, Florida; m. SUE ADDIE LYNCH, August 11, 1913, Wayne Co, Georgia; b. Abt. 1900; d. February 10, 1932, Bacon Co, Georgia.

iv. CATHERINE EUGENIA WESTBERRY, b. September 23, 1886, Georgia; d. April 06, 1951, Georgia; m. JOSEPH BRUCE ROGERS, January 21, 1906, Wayne Co, Georgia; b. June 26, 1884; d. December 30, 1951.

v. WILLIAM COLMON WESTBERRY, b. April 20, 1889, Georgia; d. March 05, 1967, Wayne Co, Georgia; m. (1) INEZ ROBERSON, December 27, 1911, Wayne Co, Georgia; b. July 15, 1897, Georgia; d. August 30, 1930, Wayne Co, Georgia; m. (2) HATTIE GEORGE; b. July 30, 1906; d. October 04, 1994.

vi. LUCY WESTBERRY, b. June 23, 1893, Wayne Co, Georgia; d. January 1967; m. (1) UNKNOWN ROTH; m. (2) WASHINGTON KNYFAUSEN WESTBERRY, Abt. 1911; b. February 09, 1879, Georgia; d. January 05, 1947, Volusia Co, Florida.

vii. J. PORT WESTBERRY, b. July 15, 1899, Wayne Co, Georgia; d. May 15, 1978, Wayne Co, Georgia; m. (1) EVA ANGEL ROBERSON, December 24, 1918, Wayne Co, Georgia; b. 1903, Georgia; d. 1974, Wayne Co, Georgia; m. (2) IRA A. BISHOP, Abt. 1925, Wayne Co, Georgia; b. July 11, 1903; d. October 25, 1974; m. (3) VERA DENISON.