Alice Lourine Spencer was born on September 29, 1906 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida. She was the daughter of John Thomas Spencer and Ida Spencer. Alice married James Ansil Westberry (b. December 28, 1888, Brooks County, Georgia, d. March 15, 1974, Miami, Dade County, Florida) on April 20, 1929. He was the son of General Jackson Westberry (b. September 29, 1864, Hamilton County, Florida, d. October 26, 1951, Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia) and Marietta Elizabeth Folsom (b. July 26, 1860, (place unknown), d. between 1912-1914, Colquitt County, Georgia). This was his second marriage following the death of his first wife Lura Elizabeth Butler Westberry on June 17, 1928. To Alice Lourine Spencer Westberry and James Ansil Westberry were born 5 children. Three of which were girls that all lived into adulthood and as of this posting are still alive. When Alice married James Ansil, she took on the responsibility of caring for his first wife's 7 living children as well as the three she had with James. She was a kind and fine Christian lady. A caring and loving person to all of the children and everyone she met. It is remembered, "Grandma Alice", as the grandchildren called her, worked for years at Shenandoah Chocolates so she could earn enough money to buy all of the children and grandchildren presents at Christmas. She was fair and treated everyone in the family with love and respect. Alice Lourine Spencer Westberry died on May 17, 1970 and is buried next to her husband, James Ansil Westberry and her parents at Flagler Memorial Park in Miami, Dade County, Florida.
Alice Lourine Spencer was born on September 29, 1906 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida. She was the daughter of John Thomas Spencer and Ida Spencer. Alice married James Ansil Westberry (b. December 28, 1888, Brooks County, Georgia, d. March 15, 1974, Miami, Dade County, Florida) on April 20, 1929. He was the son of General Jackson Westberry (b. September 29, 1864, Hamilton County, Florida, d. October 26, 1951, Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia) and Marietta Elizabeth Folsom (b. July 26, 1860, (place unknown), d. between 1912-1914, Colquitt County, Georgia). This was his second marriage following the death of his first wife Lura Elizabeth Butler Westberry on June 17, 1928. To Alice Lourine Spencer Westberry and James Ansil Westberry were born 5 children. Three of which were girls that all lived into adulthood and as of this posting are still alive. When Alice married James Ansil, she took on the responsibility of caring for his first wife's 7 living children as well as the three she had with James. She was a kind and fine Christian lady. A caring and loving person to all of the children and everyone she met. It is remembered, "Grandma Alice", as the grandchildren called her, worked for years at Shenandoah Chocolates so she could earn enough money to buy all of the children and grandchildren presents at Christmas. She was fair and treated everyone in the family with love and respect. Alice Lourine Spencer Westberry died on May 17, 1970 and is buried next to her husband, James Ansil Westberry and her parents at Flagler Memorial Park in Miami, Dade County, Florida.
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