January 19, 1924 – May 16, 2011

ANDERSON, SC - Ernestine Burden Westbrook, age 87, wife of the late Robert”R.L.”  Westbrook, of Anderson, died Monday, May 16, 2011 at the Rainey Hospice House.

Born in Anderson, SC on January 19, 1924, Mrs. Westbrook was a daughter of the late Hester Moses Burden and Eliza Victoria Dove Burden.  She was a graduate of Anderson Girls’ High School and Lander University.  She retired from the South Carolina Department of Social Services as a case worker.  She was instrumental as one of the organizers of the Anderson Head Start Program where she also served as a teacher. She was the founding organizer of the Anderson Food Cupboard. Mrs. Westbrook was very musically inclined having played piano for several churches and singing with her sisters.  She was a member of Central Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include her daughter, Jan W. Healy; son, Philip Westbrook; two grandchildren, Kelly Mullikin and her husband, Jason and John Westbrook; two great-grandchildren, Jordan Mullikin and Kaitlyn Mullikin and sister, Johnnie Apinis and her husband John, all of Anderson, SC.

She was predeceased by a sister, Winona Newton and her husband, Randy Newton and son-in-law, Dr. Don J. Healy.    

A Graveside Service will be held on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 3:00 pm at New Silver Brook Cemetery officiated by Dr. David J. Bailey.  

The family will be at the home of her daughter, 105 Slaton Court, Anderson, SC 29621 and will receive friends at The McDougald Funeral Home on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621.

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