Luther Columbus Westberry

LUTHER COLUMBUS WESTBERRY (ROBERT LEE4, SIMEON A.3, RABUN2, MOSES1) was born May 03, 1902 in Wayne Co, Georgia, and died May 22, 1979 in Wayne Co, Georgia. He married MARY ANN EDENFIELD March 18, 1923 in Wayne Co, Georgia, daughter of JAMES EDENFIELD and ELIZA STANFIELD. She was born January 11, 1904 in Tattnall Co, Georgia, and died July 29, 1973 in Wayne Co, Georgia.

Notes for LUTHER COLUMBUS WESTBERRY:
1930 Census, Wayne Co, Georgia.
Westberry, Luther, Head, M, 25, Laborer; Mary A., Wife, F, 24
Joe L., Cousin, 11; Beral, Cousin, 21.-(Children of Joseph C. Westberry.)

*The Jesup Sentinel, Thursday, May 26, 1955.
Luther Westberry of Jesup, brother-in-law to Reddie Edenfield of Screven, is in the Oglethorpe Hospital in Savannah, recovering from injuries sustained when he was pinned under logs which tumbled from the truck on which he was loading them near Jesup Wednesday morning, May 18. Reports are that he is improving, although he may be confined to the hospital for several months.

1979
Luther Columbus Westberry, 77, of Jesup, died Tuesday, May 22, at the Wayne Memorial Hospital as the result of an automobile accident. The Wayne County native was a member of the New Hope Freewill Baptist Church.
Mr. Westberry is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Loretta McCall of Brunswick and Mrs. Laotha Riendeau of Jesup; two sisters, Mrs. Maudie Teston and Mrs. Lutitia Edenfield, both of Jesup; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 11:a.m., Friday, May 25, at the New Hope Freewill Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Livesay officiating.
Active pallbearers will be Danny McCall, Tony McCall, Mike Riendeau, W. E. Teston, L. C. Teston and Jimmy Davis.
Burial will be in the New Hope Cemetery under the direction of the Gordon-NeSmith-Harrison Funeral Home.

Notes for MARY ANN EDENFIELD:
July 29, 1973
Mrs. Mary Ann Westberry, 69, died Sunday in the Wayne Memorial Hospital after a short illness. The Tattnall County native had lived in Jesup for 65 years and was a member of the New Hope Freewill Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday in the New Hope Freewill Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Livesay officiating.
Mrs. Westberry is survived by her husband, Luther C. Westberry of Jesup, two daughters, Mrs. Loretta McCall of Brunswick and Mrs. Laotha Riendeau of Jesup; a sister, Mrs. Susie Thompson of Tampa; a brother, J. Kellis Edenfield of Savannah and eight grandchildren.
Pall bearers were L. C. Teston, Bobby Blanton, Leslie Westberry, Jimmy Davis, Robert Mason and Lonnie Blanton.
Burial was in the Church Cemetery under the direction of the NeSmith-Harrison Funeral Home.

Children of LUTHER WESTBERRY and MARY EDENFIELD are:

i. LORETTA WESTBERRY, m. UNK MCCALL.
ii. LAOTHA WESTBERRY, m. UNK RIENDEAU.
iii. JAMES L. WESTBERRY, b. April 02, 1929, Wayne Co, Georgia; d. July 06, 1929, Wayne Co, Georgia.