Obit of Exa (Chaffin) Webb (w100) - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 27 Jul 2003 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Webb Chaffin Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/843 Exa (Chaffin) Webb Exa (Chaffin) Webb, 88, died July 20, at Manor Care Health Center in Tulsa. Her funeral, which is scheduled with Bixby Funeral Services, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, July 25, at the Vinita Avenue Church of Christ in Sulphur. Exa was born on May 10, 1915, to Jack and Margaret Chaffin, of Murray County. After graduating from Sulphur High School, she later married R.W. Webb on July 5, 1934. She worked as a secretary at the Murray County Courthouse from 1962 until her retirement in 1980. For 71 years, she was a member of the Vinita Avenue Church of Christ in Sulphur, of which her parents had been charter members, and where both her father and husband had served as elders. During most of her adult life, she, herself, was active as a Bible-school teacher and church volunteer. In addition to church work, her favorite hobby was cooking for her family and friends. After her move to Tulsa, she attended the Garnett Church of Christ, where she became a member of the "Daughters of Anna" widow's group. In May 2002, she won the "Mother of the Year" Award at the Manor Care Health Center where she currently resided before her death. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Margaret Chaffin; two brothers, Lloyd and Larry Chaffin; her sister, Avis Wommack; her husband, R.M. Webb; a great-grandson, Chace Deen; and her oldest daughter, Shirley Bennett. She is survived by three children: two sons, Jack Webb and his wife, Pat, El Dorado, Ark. and Mickey Webb and his wife, Donna, Bixby; one daughter, Debbie Steen and her husband, Bill, Broken Arrow; nine grandchildren: Rick Bennet, Edmond; Janie Deen and her husband, Mark, Sulphur; Stan Bennett and his wife, Laura, Sulphur; Jacki Lynn Webb, Magnolia, Ark.; Patrick Webb, El Dorado, Ark.; Jennifer Steen, Augusta, Ga.; Amanda Steen, New York City, N.Y.; and Ashley and Whitney Webb, Bixby; five great- grandchildren: Wendi Poulson, Amber Pletcher, Chantz Deen, Brent Deen and Tori Bennett; and seven great-great grandchildren. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm