Betty Lee Webb, 85, of Hot Springs passed away May 28, 2022.
She was born April 27, 1937, in Owensboro, Kentucky to Charlie and Ethel (Galloway) Sturgeon.
Betty was a member of Faith Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church where she served as an elder, a Sunday School teacher, and volunteered. She was also president of the local CP Women’s Association, where she was active at the state and national levels.
Betty was a school teacher for thirty-five years, teaching at Cushman, Concord, and Cave City. She was a very giving person who always put others before herself. She was loving, faithful, caring, and full of energy. She loved her grandchildren and her students very much. Betty enjoyed traveling and attended all of her daughters’ games at Fayetteville. She was a coach’s wife and was a basketball scorekeeper at Arkansas College.
Survivors include her husband of sixty-three years, Charles Webb, whom she married June 19, 1959, in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma; one son, Tony Webb (Carol) of Cabot; one daughter, Tracy Webb Rice (Paul) of Hot Springs; one brother, Hugh Carroll “Snook” Sturgeon (Pat) of Owensboro, Kentucky; three grandchildren, Tanner Webb Rice, Tatum Brooke Rice, and Thea Hale Rice as well as several nieces and nephews, cousins, and many other friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, “Sonny” Charlie Sturgeon, Jr., and Michael Sturgeon.
Pallbearers are Alan Sifford, Craig Sifford, Greg Clark, Lance Hall, Tom Hess, and Tobias Webb. Honorary pallbearers are the Sr. Sunday School class, Randy Webb, Terry King, Mike King, Eddie King, Larry Joe King, and Jimmy King.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 2, 2022, at 10:00 am at the Faith Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rian Puckett and Alan Meinzer officiating. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday, June 1, 2022, from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at the Roller-Crouch Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Faith Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 3895 Harrison St, Batesville, AR 72501.
