Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Webb, Celestia G., 1948 

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CELESTIA GOODRICH WEBB

MISS WEBB, LONG A TEACHER IN FRANKLIN, DIES AT HOME

   FRANKLIN, Dec. 5 - Miss Celestia Goodrich Webb, one of Franklin’s oldest 
citizens, died Sunday morning at her home on West First Avenue.

   "Miss Lessie," as she was known to her friends, was the daughter of Captain 
Louis Henry Webb of the North Carolina Artillery, Confederate army, and Gattie 
Anna Lawrence Webb, of South Quay, Nansemond County.  She was born in 
Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, Dec. 13, 1866, and moved to 
Franklin in her early childhood.

   Miss Webb began her long career of teaching in Chowan County, N.C.  She 
later taught in Gatesville, N.C., and Holland, Va. and in 1900, she 
collaborated with her sister Miss Fannie Webb in establishing the Euphradian 
Institute in Franklin and taught there until 1930, when the institute was 
discontinued.

   From 1930 until her recent illness, she taught in the Webb School of 
Business in Franklin.  Throughout her varied career Miss Webb gained repute as 
a accomplished scholar of English and music.  She was recognized locally as a 
poet of merit and number of her poems were published.

   Miss Webb was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, for which she was 
organist for over 15 years.  Her club activities included Franklin Music Club 
and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

   Surviving her are two sisters, Miss Fannie Webb and Miss Gattie Webb, both 
of Franklin, the funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Emmanuel 
Episcopal Church.  Interment will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Celestia Goodrich "Miss Lessie" WEBB, retired teacher, 
b. 13 Dec 1866, Rockingham, Richmond Co., NC, d. 5 Dec 1948, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 63*), Franklin, 
   6 Dec 1948, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Dec. 6, 1948 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 


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