SADIE WESTBERRY (MAGGIE5 BUNKLEY, MIRIAM ELLEN4 WESTBERRY, RABON KNIGHTEN3, RABUN2, MOSES1) was born October 11, 1908 in Georgia, and died March 03, 1994 in Georgia. She married BERNARD L. HIRES January 12, 1925 in Wayne Co, Georgia, son of HERSHAL HIRES and ANNIE. He was born January 06, 1906, and died April 28, 1972 in Georgia.
Notes for BERNARD L. HIRES:
1930 Census, Wayne County, Georgia.
Hires, Bernard L., Head, M, 22, Hauling Pulpwood; Sadie, Wife, F, 20; Helen, dau, 3 11/12; Willie, son, 1 11/12
The Jesup Sentinel, Thursday, May 4, 1972.
Barnard L. Hires, 65, died Friday afternoon in the Rest-Awhile Nursing Home after an extended illness. The lifelong resident of Wayne County was a member of the Odum Baptist Church, a retired truck driver, a member of the Governors Staff and a former member of the Welfare Board. Funeral services were held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday at the Odum Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Boyette and the Rev. Don Green officiating. Mr. Hires is survived by his wife Mrs. Sadie Westberry Hires of Odum; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Geiger of Hawkinsville; a sister, Mrs. Richard Madray of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; two brothers, O. S. Hires of Darien and D. L. Hires of Lake Okeechobee, Florida; two half sisters, Mrs. Clifton Thornton and Mrs. S. A. Bennett both of Jesup; two half brothers, Cecil Hires of Jesup and Lamar Hires of Augusta; his stepmother, Mrs. Barney Griffis of Jesup; four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Pallbearers were nephews, Robie Hires, Herbert Madray, Fred Westberry, Wayne Westberry, Winton Westberry, Danny Randall and B. L. Hires. Honorary pallbearers were the Deacons and Men’s Bible Class of the Odum Baptist Church and Dr. R. A. Pumpelly, Carey Brannen, Jack Cowart, Robert Osborne, Doug Daniel, E. H. Hires, Ernest Madray, Earl Morris, Roger O’Quinn, Barney Miller, Ben Pearce, Wyman Odum, Jim Aspinwall, L. A. Collins, Ralph Collins, Buddy Aspinwall, Lonnie Aldrich and Joe Martin and Elmer Collins. Burial was in the Odum City Cemetery under the direction of the NeSmith-Harrison Funeral Home.
Children of SADIE WESTBERRY and BERNARD HIRES are:
i. HELEN HIRES.
ii. LAVERN HIRES.