Obituaries for Sept. 24

Published 11:25 pm Saturday, September 23, 2006

Georgia Joiner

MOULTRIE — Georgia Joiner, 97, of Moultrie died Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, at her residence.

Strong Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.



J. Frank Westberry

MOULTRIE, Ga. — J. Frank Westberry, 78, of Moultrie, died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006, in Tallahassee, Fla., following a lengthy illness.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 25, at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dewey Stalvey and the Rev. Thomas Parrish officiating. Burial will immediately follow in Wesley Chapel Cemetery.

Born Aug. 30, 1928, in Brooks County, he was the son of the late Willie J. Westberry and Frankie Jewell Herndon Westberry. He was a 1945 graduate of Moultrie Senior High School and was retired from Moultrie Manufacturing as a machinist. He was also a retired farmer. He was a member of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jane Westberry; and a sister, Dorothy W. Keaton.

Survivors include a daughter, Patricia W. Nestor of Tallahassee, Fla.; three sons, Stephen Westberry and wife Linda of Moultrie, Stuart Westberry and wife Teresa of Folkston, Ga., and Stacy Westberry and wife Lisa of Moultrie; nine grandchildren, Joe and Danny Nestor, Bobby, Chris, Jamie, Frankie and Savannah Westberry and Joel and Darrin Beckum; one great-grandchild, Haven Westberry; and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be Sunday, Sept. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home.

The family may be contacted at 340 John Buck McCoy Road, Moultrie.

Baker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.