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Obenell Bass Westbrook

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Birth	:	20 Apr 1923
Death	:	15 Aug 2002
Burial	:	Grandview Memorial Gardens, Clinton, Sampson County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.0341988, -78.3546982
Description	:	By grandson, Lee Westbrook: Obenell (pronounced O-b-nell) Bass Westbrook. Born in Sampson County, North Carolina in 1923. Loved life! Loved God, her family, cooking and gardening. The cooking and gardening would probably be a toss up. She loved to cook for her family. All meals were full course. And flowers; boy did she love to have her hands in the dirt. She was up by 5:00 a.m. and busy all day long. She was devoted to her husband, Marvin, of 56 years. Her children were her joy and her grandchildren were her double joy. She would always say she was "perished"... Read More	By grandson, Lee Westbrook: Obenell (pronounced O-b-nell) Bass Westbrook. Born in Sampson County, North Carolina in 1923. Loved life! Loved God, her family, cooking and gardening. The cooking and gardening would probably be a toss up. She loved to cook for her family. All meals were full course. And flowers; boy did she love to have her hands in the dirt. She was up by 5:00 a.m. and busy all day long. She was devoted to her husband, Marvin, of 56 years. Her children were her joy and her grandchildren were her double joy. She would always say she was "perished" to see them. She couldn't get enough hugs and kisses. She was full of encouragement. Whatever was going on in our lives, no matter how we felt, she would always tell us things would get better. She would always have an encouraging word. She would tell us to put it in God's hands. That's what she did with her disease. This is in memory of our mom, grandma "Obe 1", wife, sister, aunt "Nellie" and friend, who passed away August 15, 2002, at the age of 79, after a courageous battle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Her symptoms started a few years earlier with chronic coughing, shortness of breath, weight loss. There were numerous trips to the doctor for tests with no specific results. She was finally sent to a Pulmonary specialists out of town. After further testing and research, she was finally diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Her family had never heard of this disease. People would ask "did she smoke?" No, she was not a smoker. We wondered and asked the doctor if working in a sewing factory and breathing in the dust material for over 30 years could cause this disease. It would never be determined. The time between final diagnosis until her death was about 15 months. She was placed on prednisone (steroids) and oxygen as needed for treatment. Both of these gave her a better quality of life. The prednisone was adjusted periodically and oxygen soon became 24 hrs. a day. Her appetite remained good throughout her illness and the prednisone increased her weight gain. Her life as she and her family knew it would eventually consist of no more cooking, no more gardening, no more going to church, no more picking up her grandchildren. Her husband would now take on the responsibility of caring for her. She would endure a collapsed lung and trips to the hospital. Her days would be lived between a chair, wheelchair and bed. She battled to breathe every time she moved. Just being moved from a chair to the wheelchair would be a discouraging battle for air. Fans were positioned around her to keep air blowing on her. She said this helped her breathe and feel better. Friends would come to visit and probably couldn't understand how sick she really was. But spending a day with her; helping her from chair to wheelchair or wheelchair to bed while struggling to breathe, would be a dramatic experience that was heart wrenching. She never complained. She always told us she would get better. She would sit in her chair, looking out the door at her flowers and would tell us all the things she needed to do when she was well. This disease took life away from her. The life that she lived, especially her fight and desire to live during her illness, continues to be a source of encouragement and blessing to myself, my father Marvin, my brother Frankie, my sister Martha and our entire family. We share her personal fight so that others will see a face and know another person that was stricken with this lung disease that not many people know about. With continued shared personal accounts of those who have suffered, we can get the word out and continue to produce funding and research for a cure.

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Obenell Bass Westbrook's memorial is located at: Grandview Memorial Gardens, Clinton, Sampson County, USA.
When did Obenell Bass Westbrook death?
Obenell Bass Westbrook death on 15 Aug 2002 in
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Latitude: 35.0341988
Longitude: -78.3546982

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Marvin Elwood Westbrook

(1922 - 2010)

Siblings

Allen Karoki Bass

(1918 - 1977)

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