Obituary for
Elma Davis Webb
submitted by Shirley Webb
Elma Davis Webb, well-known and long time resident of Yoakum County,
died in his sleep at his home in Denver City early Sunday morning, May 10,
1953.
Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist Church in Denver City
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. L. L. Trott, pastor of the
church,
assisted by Father Frances, Seymour, read services. Interment was at
Terry County Memorial Cemetery in Brownfield. Mr. Webb had been
in
failing health for some time.
He was born in Limestone county, Texas, July 12, 1893, and married Lena Fay
McCurdy, Haskell, in 1922. He is survived by the widow; one
son, Billy Rex
Webb, and a brother, Alton Webb, Brownfield. He was preceded
in death by a
son, Woodrow Webb, in 1947.
Mr. and Mrs. Webb moved to Yoakum county in 1933 where they resided on a
farm three miles southwest of Plains until 1937. They operated a
drug store at
Plains for two years after leaving the farm and moved to Denver City in 1939
where
they established a drug store which was later sold. More recently
they built the
La Vista Courts which they were operating at the time of Mr. Webb's passing.
Pallbearers were L. P. Bone, W. I. Boyd, J. E. Herring, Marvin Post, Harry
Reynolds
and O. L. Cook. Among the honorary pallbearers were Murphy Luna, Joe
Webber,
Til W. Read, R. N. McGinty and other old Plains neighbors and friends.
Denver City News
