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Melvin Junior Webb and Bonnie Faye
Banks
Melvin "Jack" Webb Jr b 4 Dec 1929
Van Lear, Johnson
Co KY d 1 Jul 1993 Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Allen Co IN, buried 5 Jul
1993 Falls
Cemetery, Wabash, Wabash Co IN; occupation, machinist Chrysler Corp, Kokomo,
IN; s/o Melvin Ted Webb
and Clara "Clary" Marie Ramey. Melvin Junior Webb m. 3 Mar 1948 Paintsville,
KY to Bonnie Faye Banks
b 25 Nov 1931 Van Lear, Johnson Co KY d 24 Oct 1994 Wabash Co IN buried Falls
Cemetery Wabash Co IN, d/o
George Banks and Eulah Boyd. Children of Melvin Junior Webb and Bonnie
Faye Banks;
1. Victor Lee Webb
2. Ronald Gene Webb
3. Melvin D Webb
4. Judy A Webb m. Scott Richardson;
m. Unknown Hay
5. Chrystal Webb m. Dennis Harlan Joe Yoder
6. Lisa Webb m. Aaron Gribbon
7. Pamela Webb m. Berry Martin
8. Ronald Gene Webb
9. Linda Webb
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Obituary Melvin Webb, Jr.
FORT WAYNE, IN
Melvin Webb, Jr., 63, 444 Anna St, died at 10:40 p.m. Thursday at Lutheran
Hospital, Fort Wayne.
The eldest brother of country music singers Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle and
Peggy Sue, he was born Dec. 4, 1929, in Van Lear, Ky., to Melvin "Ted" Webb
Sr. and Clara Ramey Webb, both deceased.
A Wabash resident for 43 years, Mr. Webb had been a machinist for Chrysler
Corp., Kokomo, for 20 years. He married Bonnie Banks March 3, 1938, in
Paintsville, Ky. She survives.
Also surviving are three sons, Victor Lee Webb, Dickson, Tenn., Ronald Gene
Webb, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Melvin D. Webb, Roann; four daughters, Judy A.
Hay, Mrs. Joe (Crystal) Yoder, and Mrs. Joe (Lisa) Gribben, all of Wabash, and
Mrs. Berry (Pamela) Martin, Scottsbluff, Neb. One son and one daughter
preceded him in death.
Other survivors include three brothers: Herman Webb, Van Lear, Ky., Jack Webb,
Nashville, Tenn., Donald Webb, Wabash; four sisters, Mrs. Lynn, Hurricane
Mills, Tenn., and Mrs. Sonny (Peggy) Wright, Mrs. Gene (Betty) Hopkins, and
Mrs. Bill (Brenda) Gatzimos (Crystal Gayle), all of Nashville, Tenn.
Also surviving are 10 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Webb was a member of Freewill Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Eddingfield-DeLaughter Mortuary,
with the Rev. Cledies Holbrook officiating. Calling will be from 2-8 p.m.
Sunday at the mortuary. Burial will be at Falls Cemetery.
Date of Death: July 1,1993
Date of Publication: July 3, 1993
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Melvin Webb, Jr.
Services for Melvin Webb Jr., 63, 444 Anna St., were Monday afternoon at the
Eddingfield - DeLaughter Mortuary.
The Rev. Cledies Holbrook officiated. Nancy Sluss was the organist. Ray Cooper
and Tim Prater were vocalists. Burial was in Falls Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Charles Brown, Joe Yoder III, Larry Seals, David Collins,
Scott Richardson, Joe Gribben and Holbrook.
Date of Death: July 1, 1993
Date of Publication: July 6, 1993.
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Obituary-Webb, Bonnie Faye
Taken from The Wabash Plain Dealer
Date of Publication: Oct. 29,1994
Bonnie Faye Webb, 62, 890 Ferry Street, Wabash, died Oct. 24
at 8:30p.m. at the Wabash County Hospital.
She was born on Nov. 25, 1931, in Van Lear, Ky, to George and Eulah (Boyd)
Banks. Both preceded her in death.
On March 3, 1948, she married Melvin Webb, Jr. He preceded her in death on July
1, 1993.
A homemaker, Mrs. Webb was a member of the Erie Street Free Will Baptist Church,
Wabash.
Survivors include three sons, Victor Lee and Ronald Gene, both of Dixon, Tn. and
Melvin D., Roann; four daughters, Mrs. Judy A. Richardson, Mrs. Chrystal Yoder
and Mrs. Joe (Lisa) Gribben, all of Wabash, and Mrs. Berry (Pamela) Martin,
Scottsbluff, Ne; six brothers, Charles R., William P., Loyd A. and Robert Lee
Banks all of Van Lear, Ky, Roger Lee Banks, Tn, and George Banks Jr., Wabash;
four sisters, Mrs. Bedford (Essie May) Harlan, Lincolnville, Mrs. Kenny (Velma)
Wells, Johns Creek, Ky, Mrs. Charles (Dottie) Brown, and Mrs. David (Nila)
Collins, Van Lear, Ky; and 10 grandchildren.
A son, daughter, three brothers and two sisters preceded her in death.
Rev. Paul Horine officiated services on Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. at the Eddingfield -
DeLaughter Mortuary, Wabash.
Burial was in the Falls Cemetery, Wabash.
Bonnie F. Webb
Services for Bonnie Faye Webb were at 2 p.m. Friday at the
Eddingfield - DeLaughter Mortuary, with the Rev. Paul Horine officiating.
Burial was in Falls Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Don Webb, Scott Richardson, Joe Yoder, Joe Gribben, Joel Leach,
and Bill Campbell.
Date of Death: Oct. 24, 1994
Date of Publication: Oct. 29, 1994

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