Betty Lou Stone Webb
09 September 1928 - 02 August 2012

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Betty L. Webb

Betty Lou Webb, age 83, passed away August 2, 2012. She was met in her Heavenly Home by her two precious sons, Jim and Rusty, and a host of other beloved family members who have gone before her.

Betty was born September 9, 1928, in Blackwell, Oklahoma, to George and Nona Stone.

She was married to Oral Allen Webb on October 14, 1944, in Kansas City.

Betty and Oral were married for 35 years, and together they raised five sons; Joe Allen Webb and wife Linda of Gadsden AL., Donald Lee Webb and wife Rosemary of Bartlesville, OK., Michael Leon Webb of Joplin, MO., Jimmy Dan Webb who preceded her in death, and Oral "Rusty" Webb who preceded her in death.

She was also preceded in death by her husband Oral Webb, her parents George and Nona Stone, her brother G.W. Stone, her sister Helen Stone Barber, and a great-granddaughter Natalie Grace Webb.

Surviving Betty are her grandsons; Brian Webb and Nicholas Webb of Gadsden AL., Shawn Webb of Kansas City, Garrett Webb of Kansas City and Brent Webb of Joplin, MO., and Blake Webb of Sapulpa, OK.; one granddaughter, Lesley Webb Worthan of Marshall, OK.; two great-grandsons, Austin Webb and Carter Webb of Gadsden AL.; two great-granddaughters, Melena Webb of Kansas City and Coley Webb of Gadsden, AL. Betty is survived by many other nieces and nephews as well.

Betty was petite in stature but enormous in heart. She was true to her family and friends and generous with her talents. She enjoyed music, dancing, and collecting fine antiques. She doted on her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and when life handed her over-whelming grief, she picked herself up and, somehow, managed to keep going.

She was always immaculate in dress, and her long dark hair was swept off her beautiful face and kept in a perfect chignon at the back of her head.

At a later stage in her life, she began a long and successful career in property management--first as manager of Sommerset Apartments and then as manager of The Plaza Apartments. All of her tenants came to love and respect the tiny woman who could climb three flights of stairs in her four-inch heels.

Betty Lou Webb will be missed terribly by her family and friends, but the memories and love shared will always be in their hearts.

Services will be Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in Parker Mortuary Chapel.


The Joplin Globe
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

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Betty Webb

JOPLIN, Mo. — Betty Webb, 83, a retired apartment manager, passed away Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Parker Mortuary Chapel.


The Joplin Globe Death Notices
Sunday, August 05, 2012

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City County
Joplin (map) Jasper County
Joplin Newton County

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✿ ♥ In Memory of ♥ ✿

✿ ♥ ✿ Betty Lou ✿ ♥ ✿

Betty Lou would have been -- just about a month away -- 84 on her birthday.

BORN on - Sept 9th. - 1928.

She was the DAUGHTER of
George and Nona Stone
(A loving couple who were themselves, wed over 70 years...)

Betty Lou was born in Oklahoma - lived briefly
in Texas but most of her life was in Joplin and
centered around her own household.

She was wed to Oral Allen Webb.
They were Ozarks teenagers - madly in love -
running away to get married. Their romantic
location for their nuptials - under the gigantic
clock in the old Union Train station in downtown Kansas City, Mo. They were married in Oct. 44.

Although the marriage did not last but 30-some years, and other significant people came and went in their respective lives - everyone believed they both loved one another till their last day...

She was the Mother of 5 Webb sons...
Each lad was born with black hair and clear
blue eyes and double, black eyelashes.
They were a handsome brood!
(1) JOE ALLEN
(2) DONALD LEE
(3) MICHAEL LEON
(4) JIMMY DAN
(5) ORAL RUSSELL

(*NOTE Jimmy's legal name was NOT James
- it was JIMMY)

Betty was sister to:
** BROTHER - G.W. (George Washington) Stone of Richardson, Texas
(He was a famous knife craftsman.)
** SISTER - Helen Stone Barber of Joplin, Mo.
(Sadly, she was killed in an auto accident
while enroute to a cancer treatment.)

Lovingly written by Anonymous.

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I am thinking of my Aunt Betty Lou tonight. She could quote the entire poem GUNGA DIN.
I can't believe I just remembered this -- it was such a huge, huge thing when she was alive and full of vim and all the family would be gathered around.
It was astounding...when she took the floor, the room would quiet and she recited the words with great aplomb and it was a fascinating, memorable event.

Gunga Din - Poem by Rudyard Kipling

You may talk o' gin and beer
When you're quartered safe out 'ere,
An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it;
But when it comes to slaughter
You will do your work on water,
An' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of 'im that's got it.
Now in Injia's sunny clime,
Where I used to spend my time
A-servin' of 'Er Majesty the Queen,
Of all them blackfaced crew
The finest man I knew
Was our regimental bhisti, Gunga Din.
He was "Din! Din! Din!
You limpin' lump o' brick-dust, Gunga Din!
Hi! slippery ~hitherao~!
Water, get it! ~Panee lao~! [Bring water swiftly.]
You squidgy-nosed old idol, Gunga Din."

The uniform 'e wore
Was nothin' much before,
An' rather less than 'arf o' that be'ind,
For a piece o' twisty rag
An' a goatskin water-bag
Was all the field-equipment 'e could find.
When the sweatin' troop-train lay
In a sidin' through the day,
Where the 'eat would make your bloomin' eyebrows crawl,
We shouted "Harry By!" [Mr. Atkins's equivalent for "O brother."]
Till our throats were bricky-dry,
Then we wopped 'im 'cause 'e couldn't serve us all.
It was "Din! Din! Din!
You 'eathen, where the mischief 'ave you been?
You put some ~juldee~ in it [Be quick.]
Or I'll ~marrow~ you this minute [Hit you.]
If you don't fill up my helmet, Gunga Din!"

'E would dot an' carry one
Till the longest day was done;
An' 'e didn't seem to know the use o' fear.
If we charged or broke or cut,
You could bet your bloomin' nut,
'E'd be waitin' fifty paces right flank rear.
With 'is ~mussick~ on 'is back, [Water-skin.]
'E would skip with our attack,
An' watch us till the bugles made "Retire",
An' for all 'is dirty 'ide
'E was white, clear white, inside
When 'e went to tend the wounded under fire!
It was "Din! Din! Din!"
With the bullets kickin' dust-spots on the green.
When the cartridges ran out,
You could hear the front-files shout,
"Hi! ammunition-mules an' Gunga Din!"

I shan't forgit the night
When I dropped be'ind the fight
With a bullet where my belt-plate should 'a' been.
I was chokin' mad with thirst,
An' the man that spied me first
Was our good old grinnin', gruntin' Gunga Din.
'E lifted up my 'ead,
An' he plugged me where I bled,
An' 'e guv me 'arf-a-pint o' water-green:
It was crawlin' and it stunk,
But of all the drinks I've drunk,
I'm gratefullest to one from Gunga Din.
It was "Din! Din! Din!
'Ere's a beggar with a bullet through 'is spleen;
'E's chawin' up the ground,
An' 'e's kickin' all around:
For Gawd's sake git the water, Gunga Din!"

'E carried me away
To where a dooli lay,
An' a bullet come an' drilled the beggar clean.
'E put me safe inside,
An' just before 'e died,
"I 'ope you liked your drink", sez Gunga Din.
So I'll meet 'im later on
At the place where 'e is gone --
Where it's always double drill and no canteen;
'E'll be squattin' on the coals
Givin' drink to poor damned souls,
An' I'll get a swig in hell from Gunga Din!
Yes, Din! Din! Din!
You Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din!
Though I've belted you and flayed you,
By the livin' Gawd that made you,
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!

added by Someone Who Cares...

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United States Census, 1940

Name: Betty Lou Stone
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Ward 4, McPherson, McPherson City, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Daughter
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Estimated Birth Year: 1929
Residence in 1935: Tonkawa, Oklahoma

Enumeration District Number: 57-22
Family Number: 169
Sheet Number and Letter: 6A
Line Number: 23
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 1243
Digital Folder Number: 005449148
Image Number: 00480

Household Gender Age Birthplace

21. Head George W Stone M 49 1891 Alabama
22. Wife Nona Mae Stone F 47 1893 Missouri
23. Dau. Betty Lou Stone F 11 1929 Oklahoma

Source Citation

"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRKV-BV2), Betty Lou Stone in household of George W Stone, Ward 4, McPherson, McPherson City, McPherson, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 57-22, sheet 6A, family 169, NARA digital publication T627, roll 1243.

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United States Census, 1930

Name: Betty Lou Stone
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Blackwell, Kay, Oklahoma
Gender: Female
Age: 1
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Oklahoma
Estimated Birth Year: 1929
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri

Enumeration District Number: 0002
Family Number: 173
Sheet Number and Letter: 7A
Line Number: 22
NARA Publication: T626, roll 1908
Film Number: 2341642
Digital Folder Number: 4661224
Image Number: 00560

Household Gender Age Birthplace

18. Head George W Stone M 39 1891 Alabama; Parent's Birthplace: Alabama
19. Wife Nona M Stone F 37 1893 Missouri; Parent's Birthplace: Missouri
20. Son J William Stone M 14 1916 Oklahoma
21. Dau. Helen May Stone F 8 1922 Texas
22. Dau. Betty Lou Stone F 1 1929 Oklahoma

Source Citation

"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XC7Y-B9X), Betty Lou Stone in household of George W Stone, Blackwell, Kay, Oklahoma; citing enumeration district (ED) 0002, sheet 7A, family 173, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1908.

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United States Census, 1920

Name: George W Stone
Residence: , Grayson, Texas
Estimated Birth Year: 1892
Age: 28
Birthplace: Alabama
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama

Film Number: 1821809
Digital Folder Number: 4390416
Image Number: 00433
Sheet Number: 8

Household Gender Age Birthplace

SELF Charlie H Thrall M 41y 1879 Illinois; Parent's Birthplace: Illinois
WIFE Julian Thrall F 38y 1882 Tennessee; Parent's Birthplace: Tennessee
SON Robert Thrall M 4y 1916 Texas

SELF George W Stone M 28y 1892 Alabama; Parent's Birthplace: Alabama
WIFE Nona Stone F 26y 1894 Missouri; Parent's Birthplace: Missouri
SON G W Stone M 4y 1916 Oklahoma
BRO James T Stone M 19y 1901 Alabama; Parent's Birthplace: Alabama

Source Citation

"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHYS-GMF), Charlie H Thrall, , Grayson, Texas; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 8A, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821809.

Note: This appears to be two separate families. I don't find either of them in HeritageQuest census.

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