Joanne (Godfrey) Westmoreland

Joanne G. Westmoreland

WOODRUFF- Joanne Godfrey Westmoreland, 84, of 326 Hughes Street, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at Regional Hospice Home.

  She was born July 8, 1936 in Laurens County to the late Roy and Annie Brank Godfrey.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Woodruff where she worked in the Nursery for over 30 years, was a choir member and a member of the Winsome Sunday School Class.  She was a volunteer with Mobile Meals, a member of the Garden Ellas Club and was a member of the Woodruff Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. 

  Surviving are her husband, Walter Thomas “Tommy” Westmoreland of the home; two daughters, Ellie Westmoreland (Danny Parham) of Cross Anchor and Tommie Jo McAbee (Kent) of Woodruff; one son, James Westmoreland (Rebecca) of Woodruff; one sister, Kathy Thompson of Woodruff; one brother, Jimmy Godfrey of Woodruff; 6 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

  Funeral services will be conducted Friday, April 23, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Woodruff by Rev. Andrew Shull.  Interment will follow in Greenhaven Memorial Gardens.

  Visitation will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. prior to the service in the church sanctuary.

  In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Over and Above Fund, C/O First Baptist Church of Woodruff, 801 Cross Anchor Road, Woodruff, S.C. 29388.

  The family is at the residence.

  Lanford-Gwinn Mortuary