2/12/2003
Mr. Ralph W. Webster
MEBANE — Mr. Ralph William Webster, 82, of 7318 Hebron Church Road, died at 8:45 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, 2003, at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a critical illness of three weeks.
A native of Alamance County, he was the husband of Mrs. Bertha Rice Webster, who survives, and the son of the late Mr. Cary N. Webster and Mrs. Addie Farrell Webster. He was retired from General Electric Corp in Mebane and was formerly employed with Tower Hosiery Mill in Burlington and Eagle Oil Co. in Mebane. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and was a member of Hawfields Presbyterian Church, where he served as an Elder and a Sunday school teacher.
Survivors other than his wife of the home include two daughters, Mrs. Betsy Webster Shambley of Haw River and Mrs. Patricia Webster Wheeley of Cary; two sons, Mr. Clyde T. Webster of Mebane and the Rev. Stanley N. Webster of Portsmouth, Ohio; four grandchildren; a brother, Mr. Allen Webster of Burlington; and three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Lynch of Haw River, Mrs. Rachel Walters of Raleigh, and Mrs. Ruby Lee Robertson of Burlington.
He was preceded in death by four sisters, Mrs. Selma Arrudo, Ms. Viola Webster, Mrs. Nellie Mae Somers, and Mrs. Ruth Webster Smith; and seven brothers, Mr. Frank Webster, Mr. Jesse Webster, Mr. Herman Webster, Mr. Cecil Webster, Mr. Dace Webster, Mr. Henry Webster, and Mr. Daniel Webster.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hawfields Presbyterian Church by Dr. Curtis Fussell, pastor. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at McClure Funeral home in Mebane from 6 to 8 this evening, and at other times at the home. Memorials may be made to Hawfields Presbyterian Church, 2115 N.C. 119 South, Mebane, N.C. 27302.
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Bertha Rice Webster (April 2, 1920 - November 14, 2017)
Bertha Webster, 97, passed away on November 14, 2017 at the Presbyterian Home of Hawfields.
She was a member of Hawfields Presbyterian Church and retired from McEwen Hosiery Mills where she worked as a seamer. She was also a former employee of Jean’s Fabrics and Hawfields Child Care.
Survivors include her daughters, Patricia Wheeley (James) of Cary, Betsy Shambley (Late Wayne Shambley) of Haw River, sons; Clyde Webster (Gail) of Mebane, Stanley Webster (Lauralee) of Erwin, TN., four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph William Webster, parents; John and Ada Simmons Rice, three sisters and four brothers.
The family will receive friends on Thursday November 16, 2017 from 5-7 at McClure Funeral Service in Mebane. A funeral service will be held at 11:00am on Friday November 17, 2017 at Hawfields Presbyterian Church with Pastor David Ealy officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Presbyterian Home of Hawfields 2502 South NC 119 Mebane, NC 27302.
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