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Millzina <I>Bennett</I> Westberry

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Millzina Bennett Westberry

Birth
Wayne County, Georgia, USA
Death
25 May 1929 (aged 81)
Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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The daughter of Captain John and Lucy Harris Bennett. The wife of James Randall Westberry. The mother of: James Randall Jr; Milzina Mahala Westberry Roberson; John Bennett; Minona W. Westberry Jones;
Zettie Arkansas Westberry Yarborough; Henry Jackson; Herbert Lee; Elzie Dilborn; Linson Dawley; Isham Reddish; Della Cornelia Westberry Williamson; Tempie Mae Westberry Reddish.Millzina's father, John Bennett served as a Captain in the Indian War. Millzina applied for a Confederate Widow's Pension on January 27, 1919 which was sworn before Frank P. Jones, Ordinary Wayne County, Georgia. She is buried beside her husband in the Old Bethel Cemetery in Jesup, Georgia. Obituary in the Jesup sentinel Thursday, may 30,1929: Mrs. Millzina Westberry, widow of the late Mr. JR Westberry died at her home near Odum at last Saturday morning at 9:45 o'clock after being ill only about four hours. She was stricken early in the morning with apoplexy which caused her death. Mrs. Westberry had lived to the ripe old age of 83 and was in very good health prior to her death and was remarkably active for one of her age. She was born and reared in Wayne County near her home where she had lived since her marriage to Mr. JR Westberry on June 8, 1867, who departed his life last January 23, 1928. Mrs. Westberry, before her marriage, Miss Millzina Bennett, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bennett who were also life-long citizens of Wayne County. She was one of the most-esteemed women of this county and was loved by many people throughout her long life. She was devoted to her family and friends and was a kind and sympathetic neighbor and will be missed by a wide circle of people all through this section. She had been for many staunch member of the Primitive Baptist Church in Wayne County, Georgia and was faithful in attendance upon its service. Internment was in the Bethel Cemetery. Mrs. Westberry is survived by the fiollowing children: 4 daughters, Mrs. Mahala Roberson; Mrs. JD Jones; Mrs. JW Yarborough; Mrs. Ralph Reddish, all of Odum. 5 sons: JR Westberry, Jr. and Isham Westberry of Odum; John B. Westberry of Metter, GA; HJ Westberry of Jesup and Bertie Westberry of Gadsden, Alabama; Mr. HJ Westberry, son of Mrs. Westberry was the undertaker in charge.
The daughter of Captain John and Lucy Harris Bennett. The wife of James Randall Westberry. The mother of: James Randall Jr; Milzina Mahala Westberry Roberson; John Bennett; Minona W. Westberry Jones;
Zettie Arkansas Westberry Yarborough; Henry Jackson; Herbert Lee; Elzie Dilborn; Linson Dawley; Isham Reddish; Della Cornelia Westberry Williamson; Tempie Mae Westberry Reddish.Millzina's father, John Bennett served as a Captain in the Indian War. Millzina applied for a Confederate Widow's Pension on January 27, 1919 which was sworn before Frank P. Jones, Ordinary Wayne County, Georgia. She is buried beside her husband in the Old Bethel Cemetery in Jesup, Georgia. Obituary in the Jesup sentinel Thursday, may 30,1929: Mrs. Millzina Westberry, widow of the late Mr. JR Westberry died at her home near Odum at last Saturday morning at 9:45 o'clock after being ill only about four hours. She was stricken early in the morning with apoplexy which caused her death. Mrs. Westberry had lived to the ripe old age of 83 and was in very good health prior to her death and was remarkably active for one of her age. She was born and reared in Wayne County near her home where she had lived since her marriage to Mr. JR Westberry on June 8, 1867, who departed his life last January 23, 1928. Mrs. Westberry, before her marriage, Miss Millzina Bennett, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bennett who were also life-long citizens of Wayne County. She was one of the most-esteemed women of this county and was loved by many people throughout her long life. She was devoted to her family and friends and was a kind and sympathetic neighbor and will be missed by a wide circle of people all through this section. She had been for many staunch member of the Primitive Baptist Church in Wayne County, Georgia and was faithful in attendance upon its service. Internment was in the Bethel Cemetery. Mrs. Westberry is survived by the fiollowing children: 4 daughters, Mrs. Mahala Roberson; Mrs. JD Jones; Mrs. JW Yarborough; Mrs. Ralph Reddish, all of Odum. 5 sons: JR Westberry, Jr. and Isham Westberry of Odum; John B. Westberry of Metter, GA; HJ Westberry of Jesup and Bertie Westberry of Gadsden, Alabama; Mr. HJ Westberry, son of Mrs. Westberry was the undertaker in charge.


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