The Denison Press
Friday, December 19, 1947 pg. 1 DEATH ENDS BUSY LIFE OF H. WEBSTER, DENISON BANKER Death came suddenly and unexpectedly to H.G. Webster and his host of friends in Denison, and the city lost a leader, when the news was flashed that he had passed away quietly at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, where he, with his wife, had gone for a brief weekend trip. Mrs. Webster had left the hotel Sunday afternoon to visit with relatives in Dallas, to find his lifeless body in the room on her return. Death was pronounced from natural causes, the result of a heart attack. The couple had registered early Sunday afternoon. Mr. Webster for the past six years had been president of the Citizens National Bank and was rated as one of the best bankers in the state and had brought the Denison institution to a high level of popularity and success. A shrewd banker, a leader in civic and church affairs, he had made himself useful in every way to the city he had adopted as his home. Past president of the Chamber of Commerce, active head of the highway committee of the chamber and doing a fine piece of work for better highways for the county, and a worker on the park improvement committee for Lake Texoma. Mr. Webster was looked to as few men were to give the best for the city's welfare. He was conscious of being subject to heart trouble, but this did not lessen his efforts for the welfare of the city. His body was brought to the city and prepared for interment by the Bratcher-Moore Funeral Home from which chapel services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Rev. Guy Newman of the First Baptist church of which he was a member, officiating. Assisting were Rev. James Spivey, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and Rev. R.V. Bruce, Marshall. Pallbearers were the board of directors, F.O. Babcock, J.D. Bond, A.R. Davis, Ralph Geisenhoner, J. Lee Greer, D.K. Jamisen, W.B. Munson, II and W.J. Smith. On the information being phoned to Denison by Jack Lutey, assistant manager of Hotel Adolphus, Ralph Geisenhoner left immediately for Dallas to give all assistance possible. Mr. Webster was president of the Citizens Investment Company, director in the Denison Cotton Mill Company and a member and former chairman of the Texas Bankers association. He was a deacon of the First Baptist Church and a member of the American Legion, the Denison Chamber of Commerce, the Rod and Gun club, and the Masonic lodge. He was formerly active both in Kiwanis and Rotary. He was a World War I veteran. In addition to his widow, Mr. Webster is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Neal Crawford, Jr. of Huntsville, and Miss Marjorie Webster, a student at Stephens college in Columbia, Mo.; two brothers, John Webster of Sherman and F.L. (Jack) Webster of Huntsville; and two sisters, Mrs. Morris Kearney of Greenville and Mrs. Lynwood Lovelace of Bonham. The Denison Press Friday, May 10, 1957 pg. 2 Funeral services for Mrs. Albert Sloan Webster, 59, were held at Bratcher Chapel Wednesday morning. Dr. Bob N. Ramsay officiated and interment was in Fairview Cemetery. Mrs. Webster was the widow of H.G. Webster, former president of the Citizens National Bank, who died in 1947. She had been ill about 7 weeks and had been in the hospital 3 weeks. She was born in Pilot Grove, Texas February 14, 1898, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sloan. She was educated at Pilot Grove and Baylor Belton College, and was married in Pilot Grove June 3, 1919 to H.G. Webster. She had lived in Denison 17 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, the Rod and Gun Club, the Monodrama Club and the Thursday Review Club. Survivors are her mother, Mrs. Frank Sloan, Dallas; 2 daughters, Mrs. John Neal Crawford, Huntsville and Mrs. Wayne Carter, Irving; and 2 sisters, Miss Roberta Sloan, Dallas; and Mrs. Harold Drake, Commerce. Fairview Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any links inoperable, please send me a message. |