Posted onJanuary 31, 2015February 4, 2015 by John William Westbrooks John William Westbrooks When John William Westbrooks was born on June 21, 1924, in Perry, Tennessee, his father, Franklin, was 26 and his mother, Sarah, was 24. He married Mary Tom Garner on February 20, 1941, in Tennessee. They had five children in 13 years. He died on August 1, 1995, in Linden, Tennessee, at the age of 71, and was buried in Perry, Tennessee.