Mabel Estelle Martin Harris-Webb, age 98, of Little Rock, AR, died Saturday, December 10, in Little Rock. She was born August 28, 1918, in Warren, AR, to Noel and Maude Rumph Martin.
She graduated from Warren High School and then attended Hendrix College in 1936, graduating in 1940. She married in 1941, to Rev. Edward W. Harris of Texarkana, AR, a graduate of Emory University, Atlanta, GA. They served churches in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri for over fifty years. They were married 65 years. She traveled as a Tour Host for many years with Educational Opportunities, an ecumenical travel group through the United Methodist Church. She traveled extensively in and throughout Europe, England, Scandinavia and volunteered on Methodist Mission trips to Mexico and Russia.
Later, she married Rev. James R. Webb, Jr. of Macon, GA, a retired United Methodist Minister from the South Georgia Conference. They had first met in the College Summer Service Group in New York the summer of 1939. They were married for five years.
She was a long time member of the First UMC of Little Rock, AR and the Friendship-Faulkner Sunday School Class, plus an associate member of Historic St. George’s Church in Philadelphia, PA, the oldest Methodist Church in the world. Mabel established the “John Wesley Prayer Room” in First United Methodist Church in honor of John Wesley, Founder of Methodism.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Rev. Edward W. Harris, her devoted sister, Alice Martin Fiser and her husband Paul Fiser and two of their children, Dr. Paul Martin Fiser and Susan Fiser Barham and her second husband, Rev. James R. Webb, Jr.
She is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Martin Harris Livingston (Dr. Richard Lee Livingston) of Fort Smith, AR, and three grandchildren Susannah Livingston Bertram (Christopher Bertram) of Brooklyn, NY; Connor Livingston of Little Rock, AR and Andrew Harris Livingston of Fort Smith, AR; two great grandchildren, Lily Elizabeth Greenberg and Henry Lee Greenberg, of Brooklyn, New York. She is also survived by two step-children, Larry Webb of Minneapolis, MN and Sharon Webb of Hudson, MA, plus several beloved nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday, December 20, at 1:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Warren, AR. Visitation 12:30 p.m. until service time Tuesday, December 20, in the church parlor. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery by Frazer’s Funeral Home.
A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2017, at First United Methodist Church in Little Rock, AR.
Memorials preferred to C. Ray Tribble Scholarship Fund at Camp Aldersgate, 2000 Aldersgate Road, Little Rock, AR, 72205, or to the Julie Wilke/Mabel Harris-Webb Youth Workers Scholarship Fund c/o Steve Wilke, Southwestern University, 100 College St., Winfield, KS, 67156.
She graduated from Warren High School and then attended Hendrix College in 1936, graduating in 1940. She married in 1941, to Rev. Edward W. Harris of Texarkana, AR, a graduate of Emory University, Atlanta, GA. They served churches in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri for over fifty years. They were married 65 years. She traveled as a Tour Host for many years with Educational Opportunities, an ecumenical travel group through the United Methodist Church. She traveled extensively in and throughout Europe, England, Scandinavia and volunteered on Methodist Mission trips to Mexico and Russia.
Later, she married Rev. James R. Webb, Jr. of Macon, GA, a retired United Methodist Minister from the South Georgia Conference. They had first met in the College Summer Service Group in New York the summer of 1939. They were married for five years.
She was a long time member of the First UMC of Little Rock, AR and the Friendship-Faulkner Sunday School Class, plus an associate member of Historic St. George’s Church in Philadelphia, PA, the oldest Methodist Church in the world. Mabel established the “John Wesley Prayer Room” in First United Methodist Church in honor of John Wesley, Founder of Methodism.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Rev. Edward W. Harris, her devoted sister, Alice Martin Fiser and her husband Paul Fiser and two of their children, Dr. Paul Martin Fiser and Susan Fiser Barham and her second husband, Rev. James R. Webb, Jr.
She is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Martin Harris Livingston (Dr. Richard Lee Livingston) of Fort Smith, AR, and three grandchildren Susannah Livingston Bertram (Christopher Bertram) of Brooklyn, NY; Connor Livingston of Little Rock, AR and Andrew Harris Livingston of Fort Smith, AR; two great grandchildren, Lily Elizabeth Greenberg and Henry Lee Greenberg, of Brooklyn, New York. She is also survived by two step-children, Larry Webb of Minneapolis, MN and Sharon Webb of Hudson, MA, plus several beloved nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday, December 20, at 1:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Warren, AR. Visitation 12:30 p.m. until service time Tuesday, December 20, in the church parlor. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery by Frazer’s Funeral Home.
A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2017, at First United Methodist Church in Little Rock, AR.
Memorials preferred to C. Ray Tribble Scholarship Fund at Camp Aldersgate, 2000 Aldersgate Road, Little Rock, AR, 72205, or to the Julie Wilke/Mabel Harris-Webb Youth Workers Scholarship Fund c/o Steve Wilke, Southwestern University, 100 College St., Winfield, KS, 67156.
Mabel Estelle Martin Harris-Webb, age 98, of Little Rock, AR, died Saturday, December 10, in Little Rock. She was born August 28, 1918, in Warren, AR, to Noel and Maude Rumph Martin.
She graduated from Warren High School and then attended Hendrix College in 1936, graduating in 1940. She married in 1941, to Rev. Edward W. Harris of Texarkana, AR, a graduate of Emory University, Atlanta, GA. They served churches in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri for over fifty years. They were married 65 years. She traveled as a Tour Host for many years with Educational Opportunities, an ecumenical travel group through the United Methodist Church. She traveled extensively in and throughout Europe, England, Scandinavia and volunteered on Methodist Mission trips to Mexico and Russia.
Later, she married Rev. James R. Webb, Jr. of Macon, GA, a retired United Methodist Minister from the South Georgia Conference. They had first met in the College Summer Service Group in New York the summer of 1939. They were married for five years.
She was a long time member of the First UMC of Little Rock, AR and the Friendship-Faulkner Sunday School Class, plus an associate member of Historic St. George’s Church in Philadelphia, PA, the oldest Methodist Church in the world. Mabel established the “John Wesley Prayer Room” in First United Methodist Church in honor of John Wesley, Founder of Methodism.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Rev. Edward W. Harris, her devoted sister, Alice Martin Fiser and her husband Paul Fiser and two of their children, Dr. Paul Martin Fiser and Susan Fiser Barham and her second husband, Rev. James R. Webb, Jr.
She is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Martin Harris Livingston (Dr. Richard Lee Livingston) of Fort Smith, AR, and three grandchildren Susannah Livingston Bertram (Christopher Bertram) of Brooklyn, NY; Connor Livingston of Little Rock, AR and Andrew Harris Livingston of Fort Smith, AR; two great grandchildren, Lily Elizabeth Greenberg and Henry Lee Greenberg, of Brooklyn, New York. She is also survived by two step-children, Larry Webb of Minneapolis, MN and Sharon Webb of Hudson, MA, plus several beloved nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday, December 20, at 1:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Warren, AR. Visitation 12:30 p.m. until service time Tuesday, December 20, in the church parlor. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery by Frazer’s Funeral Home.
A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2017, at First United Methodist Church in Little Rock, AR.
Memorials preferred to C. Ray Tribble Scholarship Fund at Camp Aldersgate, 2000 Aldersgate Road, Little Rock, AR, 72205, or to the Julie Wilke/Mabel Harris-Webb Youth Workers Scholarship Fund c/o Steve Wilke, Southwestern University, 100 College St., Winfield, KS, 67156.
She graduated from Warren High School and then attended Hendrix College in 1936, graduating in 1940. She married in 1941, to Rev. Edward W. Harris of Texarkana, AR, a graduate of Emory University, Atlanta, GA. They served churches in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri for over fifty years. They were married 65 years. She traveled as a Tour Host for many years with Educational Opportunities, an ecumenical travel group through the United Methodist Church. She traveled extensively in and throughout Europe, England, Scandinavia and volunteered on Methodist Mission trips to Mexico and Russia.
Later, she married Rev. James R. Webb, Jr. of Macon, GA, a retired United Methodist Minister from the South Georgia Conference. They had first met in the College Summer Service Group in New York the summer of 1939. They were married for five years.
She was a long time member of the First UMC of Little Rock, AR and the Friendship-Faulkner Sunday School Class, plus an associate member of Historic St. George’s Church in Philadelphia, PA, the oldest Methodist Church in the world. Mabel established the “John Wesley Prayer Room” in First United Methodist Church in honor of John Wesley, Founder of Methodism.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Rev. Edward W. Harris, her devoted sister, Alice Martin Fiser and her husband Paul Fiser and two of their children, Dr. Paul Martin Fiser and Susan Fiser Barham and her second husband, Rev. James R. Webb, Jr.
She is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Martin Harris Livingston (Dr. Richard Lee Livingston) of Fort Smith, AR, and three grandchildren Susannah Livingston Bertram (Christopher Bertram) of Brooklyn, NY; Connor Livingston of Little Rock, AR and Andrew Harris Livingston of Fort Smith, AR; two great grandchildren, Lily Elizabeth Greenberg and Henry Lee Greenberg, of Brooklyn, New York. She is also survived by two step-children, Larry Webb of Minneapolis, MN and Sharon Webb of Hudson, MA, plus several beloved nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held Tuesday, December 20, at 1:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Warren, AR. Visitation 12:30 p.m. until service time Tuesday, December 20, in the church parlor. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery by Frazer’s Funeral Home.
A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 7, 2017, at First United Methodist Church in Little Rock, AR.
Memorials preferred to C. Ray Tribble Scholarship Fund at Camp Aldersgate, 2000 Aldersgate Road, Little Rock, AR, 72205, or to the Julie Wilke/Mabel Harris-Webb Youth Workers Scholarship Fund c/o Steve Wilke, Southwestern University, 100 College St., Winfield, KS, 67156.
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