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Rebecca Leona “Lee” <I>Gentry</I> Webb

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Rebecca Leona “Lee” Gentry Webb

Birth
Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
24 Mar 1967 (aged 79)
Clay County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Celina, Clay County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Rebecca Leona Gentry, or "Lee" as her family called her, was born on December 21, 1887, near Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee. Her parents were Simon L. Gentry and Mary Ann "Polly" Loftis Gentry.

Lee married Will "Willie" Daniel Webb sometime between 1927 and 1930. Lee was in her thirties when she married Willie, and he was two years younger. Willie was a widower when they married and had two sons--Edward and Walter. (Willie's first wife Matilda Jane Hill Webb died in 1927.) Lee and Willie farmed in Clay County, Tennessee, for the next nine or so years until Willid's death at the age of 47. The decision was made to bury Willie next to his first wife Matilda in Donaldson Cemetery in Clay County.

Lee died almost 31 years after her husband's death. She died at the age of 79 on March 24, 1967, in Clay County. She was buried in Fitzgerald Cemetery in Celina where her parents and at least three of her siblings were also buried.

Rebecca Leona Gentry, or "Lee" as her family called her, was born on December 21, 1887, near Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee. Her parents were Simon L. Gentry and Mary Ann "Polly" Loftis Gentry.

Lee married Will "Willie" Daniel Webb sometime between 1927 and 1930. Lee was in her thirties when she married Willie, and he was two years younger. Willie was a widower when they married and had two sons--Edward and Walter. (Willie's first wife Matilda Jane Hill Webb died in 1927.) Lee and Willie farmed in Clay County, Tennessee, for the next nine or so years until Willid's death at the age of 47. The decision was made to bury Willie next to his first wife Matilda in Donaldson Cemetery in Clay County.

Lee died almost 31 years after her husband's death. She died at the age of 79 on March 24, 1967, in Clay County. She was buried in Fitzgerald Cemetery in Celina where her parents and at least three of her siblings were also buried.



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  • Maintained by: Joyce Parker
  • Originally Created by: Lynn
  • Added: Feb 4, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65165377/rebecca_leona-webb: accessed ), memorial page for Rebecca Leona “Lee” Gentry Webb (21 Dec 1887–24 Mar 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65165377, citing Fitzgerald Cemetery, Celina, Clay County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Joyce Parker (contributor 47124390).