Leota Alice (Curtis) Webb, 89, of Harrison, died Friday, March 18 (2011) at Hospice of the Hills, Harrison.
The daughter of Cortis Earl Curtis and Winnie Ethel (Jackson) Curtis, she was born Dec. 8, 1921, near Lead Hill. On March 22, 1939, she married Ross Webb and they would have celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary this year. Since 1954, she had lived on their farm near Harrison, where they operated one of the first Grade A dairies in the area. She was a charter member of the Cottonwood Fire Department Auxiliary and was a member of Eagle Heights Baptist Church. She loved fishing, playing cards, quilting, visiting at Walmart and most of all laughing.
She is survived by her husband; two sons, Jack and wife Barbara and Bill and wife Kay, all of Harrison; three grandchildren, Tim and wife Shawna, P.R. and wife Janet, and Jenifer; five great-grandchildren, Jacinda, Amy, Abby, Tucker and Caden; a brother, Henry Curtis and his wife Ann of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and 50 nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; seven brothers, Alfred, Bennie, Doy, Ray, Aubrey, Carthel, and Clyde and a sister, Oleta Widner and their spouses; a granddaughter, Kristie Webb; and 17 nieces and nephews.
Graveside service was a 3 p.m. Monday, March 21, at Gobbler Cemetery, Carroll County. Visitation was from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at Roller-Christeson Funeral Home, Harrison. Pallbearers were her sons and grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers included her five great-grandchildren, Dr. Cathy Clary and Dr. Marian Stewart.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to be made to Hospice of the Hills, Hospice House or Gobbler Cemetery C/O Dixie Howerton, 10615 Highway 103 South, Berryville, Ark. 72616.
