David Dee Webb

David Dee Webb was born on October 29, 1847, in the Gum Community of Itawamba County, Mississippi. He was the first male child that we know of of William Jefferson Webb and Nettie Reich Webb. The David part of his name did not come from his mother's family. His father had a brother named David Blaylock Webb (who had been named for William Jefferson Webb's grandfather). It is probably through that route that the David part comes down. The Dee part is unknown otherwise in this family until later generations.

On December 28, 1873, he married Nancy Ann "Nannie" Ford in Itawamba County. He was 26 and she was 19. They may have had children that did not live or possibly a stillborn, since it seems unusual that they did not have any children until April of 1878 (four and a half years later - strange for those days). It was then that they had Willy Nat (William Nathaniel) Webb. He was followed by Pernie Jane Webb in October of 1879, and Woody Pink (Woodrow Pink) Webb in February 1881. Their last child was Nettie Ann Webb, born in March of 1882.

When the census came in 1880, this is how they found them (and they were about the only Webbs of this clan the census managed to record):

Tragically, Nannie did not live much longer after that. She passed away on March 15, 1884, at the age of 29. She was buried at Tilden (Union Grove) Cemetery. Though David had small children, he did not immediately remarry. But on February 19, 1887, he married Mary Ann West, the daughter of John W. West and Elizabeth E. Robinson. She was a full twelve years younger than him.

They had six children together total. All were girls! Their first daughter was Callie, born in June of 1888. They then had Effie, born in September of 1889. Since the census records for 1890 are lost, we move on to their next child, Shelly, born in March of 1892 (or 1891). Mae was born in March of 1894. Vessie Lou was born in May of 1897. When the census passed by in 1900, this is how they recorded the family:

Their last child, Elsie, was born in October of 1900. When she was born, the oldest child in the household of ten children was 22. They slowly began to be married off and moved out of the house, but they all stayed relatively nearby. All except Willy Nat, who finally moved to the Mississippi Delta to farm there and remained there permanently. Also, their daughter Mae moved to Texas eventually.

It was on the first day of August, 1928, that David passed away, at the age of 81 according to his obituary:

Fulton Newspaper
September 6, 1928

D. D. Webb

On Wednesday night, August 1, 1928, at 11:45 o'clock the Lord whispered come home and rest, and our dear father bade good bye to trouble and sorrow and went to live with those who love God.
Papa was born Oct. 29, 1847, being 81 years, 9 months, 29 days of age. He ahd lived in the Clay community most all his life, and he had many friends there, having lived a Christian the greater part of his life. His health having been poor for many months kept him from attending church, nevertheless during this time he was at home reading and studying the word of God, begging those who were not Christians to obey as he had years before.
He leaves behind our dear mother and ten children, several grand children, four great grand children, two brothers, four sisters and many friends who will miss him much. 'Tis so lonely at the old home place without him, and only those who have lost loved ones can tell what a vacancy there that cannot be filled.
At Union Grove Cemetery, among a crowd of friends, beneath a mound of flowers, his body was laid to await that Great Day. Then to hear the Savior say, Well done thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joys of thy Lord. And may we live to study and be nearer our Master so we can meet in a world where there are no partings or troubles.
Father, it is sad without you. We will miss you so much, but just a short while until we, too, will cross over and clasp your hand.
Farewell, dear father, but not forever, There will be a brighter dawn, We shall meet to part no, never In the ressurection morn.
-Those who Loved Him.

Mary Ann lived on a while longer, but on June 28, 1935, she too passed away.

Fulton News Beacon
July 4, 1935; page 1

Funerals of Three Itawambians Are Held Saturday And Tuesday

Funeral of Mrs. Dave Webb at Union Grove Cemetery Saturday
     A large crowd of friends and relatives attended the funeral services of Mrs. Dave Webb at Union Grove cemetery at Tilden last Saturday afternoon with the Rev. P.D. Lawson in charge.
     Mrs. Webb, age 77 years, one of the county's older and prominent citizens, had lived throughout her life in the Clay community and numbered her friends by the number of her acquaintances. She passed away Friday night at 9 o'clock from a heart ailment that she had suffered for several years. She appeared well and ate hearty up until the day of her death.
    Her husband preceded her to the grave several years ago, and two daughters, Mrs. Ellie Smith and Mrs. O.D. Stone have passed away. And three children, Mesdames Allen Clayton and Cortis Bowen, Fulton, Route 1, and Mrs. Allen Spencer of the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, survived, and also four step-children, to-wit: Willie Nat Webb and Mrs. Walker Maxcy, both of Osceola, Ark., and Woodie Webb and Mrs. Sumpter Webb, Fulton Route 1, are also survivors.
     Deep sympathy is extended the bereaved ones.

William Nathaniel Webb (md. Arvilla Stone)
Willie Nat moved to the Mississippi Delta, Texas, and eventually wound up in Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Mississippi. He had eight children, who all lived to an adult age.

Pernie Jane Webb (md. Calhoun Walker Maxey)
Pernie Jane and Calhoun Walker had ten children together. They lived in Itawamba County for a while but also in Walker County, Alabama, where most of their descendants live today. She passed away in 1948 there, at the age of 69. She and Walker were buried in Itawamba County though.

Woodie Pink Webb (md. J.F. Johnson and Tula Harden)
Woodie Pink married J.F. Johnson but had no children before she passed away. He and Tula had seven children together, but two of them died very young, and one died at the age of ten. Woodie lived to be 77, when he passed away in 1957, in Itawamba County.

Nettie Ann Webb (md. Sumpter L. Pierce)
Nettie Ann had three or four children who lived to adulthood. She lived in the Tilden area most of her life, but she and Sumpter both died in Monroe County. She lived to be 89, passing away in 1971.

Callie Webb (md. Ellie Lee Smith)
Callie and Ellie Lee had five children and stayed in the Itawamba County area. She passed away at the age of 49, in 1934.

Effie Webb (md. John Thorn)
Effie and John had four children together, but he left her and she was forced to raise the children alone. She passed away in 1977, at the age of 87.

Shellie Lee Webb (md. John Allen Clayton)
Shellie and John Allen had five children. They lived around Fulton and she passed away in 1974 at the age of 82.

Mae L. Webb (md. Aaron Spencer)
Mae married Aaron Spencer and they had two sons. They moved to Texas, where she passed away in 1977, at the age of 83.

Vessie Lou Raney Webb (md. Sumpter L. Pierce)
Vessie Lou and Cortis had five children. They lived on the farm where David Dee Webb and his family lived. One of Vessie Lou's children still lives on the land David Dee Webb owned, which is probably the closest that any Webb descendant still lives today to the Clover-Ridge Cemetery, the "home" of all of this Webb family. Vessie passed away in 1991, at the age of 94.

Elsie Webb (md. Orville D. Stone)
Elsie and Orville did not have any children. She died relatively young, at the age of 33, in 1934.