Jean Marie (High) Webb, of Nassau Bay, TX, died 12 Dec 1993, following a lengthy illness. She was born 26 Aug 1920 in Kingsville, TX. In 1925, she and her family moved to the MS Gulf Coast (Gulfport area) where her father was transferred as a scientist (entomologist) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She grew up there, along with her two brothers, Merritt and John, on her family's farm located along Bayou Bernard in the Landon community about 5 miles north of Gulfport, MS.
She was a 1937 graduate of Gulfport High School and a 1941 graduate of Mississippi University for Women (then Mississippi State College for Women or "MSCW") with a B.S. degree in home economics with a major in foods and nutrition.
After graduating from college, she moved to the Washington, D. C. area and was employed in the food service division of the Naval Research Laboratories in Bethesda, MD. She later took a position in the food service division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in downtown Washington. It was there she met her future husband, Dr. Robert William Webb, a noted research scientist who was doing pioneering work in the emerging field of cotton fiber science and technology.
She and Dr. Webb were married in Gulfport, MS on 02 Apr 1944. On 18 Jun 1945, she gave birth to a son who was given the name Robert (after his father) and Merritte after his maternal grandfather. Young Bob (then called Bobby) immediately became one of the lights of her life, and he remained so throughout the remaining 49+ years of her life.
In 1948, she and Dr. Webb were divorced. She and their young son moved back to MS, to her parents farm in the Landon community where she was raised. She devoted the next several years of her life to raising her son.
In 1968, she moved to WV where her son was employed as a chemical engineer with DuPont. In 1972, she moved back to her native TX when he was transferred by DuPont to the Houston area.
Her son is one of the founders of the engineering company, Webb, Murray & Associates, Inc., at which, in the company's early years in the mid-1970s, Jean Marie assisted in administrative tasks, shipping and receiving, and with lots of encouragement and moral support. In later years, she did extensive volunteer work in the Clear Lake area where she and her son and his family lived. She became widely known as the "cookie lady," to patients and staff members at St. John Hospital in Nassau Bay and at several nursing homes in the area. She fondly and proudly referred to that work as her "cookie ministry." She was an active member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Webster, TX.
In a Jul 1984 bulletin from her church, a message from Jean Marie was published as follows.
I have found that reaching out to people in nursing homes is important. These men and women are so very appreciative of every little thing you might say or do for them. A number of them have had their homes sole, and have been put there to live until their death. There is one lady at Baywind Village in League City whose family moved her there, and then they moved back to New Jersey. She rarely hears from them. She seems so happy to be remembered once a week when I go. She, like a few there seems fairly healthy physically and has a sound mind.
One lady there is Mattie Jo Hurst, who used to attend most all of our church services with Barbara Lynn. She had a stroke several years ago, and lost her mind. She still does not know who she is, or who anyone else is either. She is most demanding so she is restrained part of the time. I check on her each week and give her some of my homemade cookies.
Some of the elderly men seem especially glad to get the cookies; they almost always ask if they are really homemade; they don't want the "store bought" kind at all. It has probably been many years since they have had any homemade ones.
But, it isn't just the cookies that makes them happy. I think it is the fact of being remembered each week, and to have that to look forward to. There is a need for other volunteers who can give a little time each week ministering to the residents in the local nursing homes. If you cannot go to these homes, perhaps you could make some cookies for these senior citizens.
Anything you can do will be of help. Please get in touch with Jean Webb at 474-2746 if you are interested. Signed: Jean Webb
Jean Marie was preceded in death by her parents, Minnie Ellen (Edgar) High, originally of Terryville and Thomaston, TX and Marvin Merritte High, originally of Starkville, MS. She was also preceded in death by one of her two brothers, Marvin Merritt High, Jr. of Gulfport, MS.
She was survived by her son, Bob, and his wife, Jane, of League City TX and their two sons (her beloved grandsons), Andy and Jeff. Other survivors included her other brother, John Edgar High and his wife, Doris, of Brandon, MS; her sister-in-law, (Merritt's widow), Gene High of Snohomish, WA; her nephew, Scott High and his wife, Jeannie, of Brandon, MS; her niece, Holly (High) Grubbs and her husband, Lee, of Brandon, MS, and her nieces Jane High and Judee High of Snohomish, WA.
She was a 1937 graduate of Gulfport High School and a 1941 graduate of Mississippi University for Women (then Mississippi State College for Women or "MSCW") with a B.S. degree in home economics with a major in foods and nutrition.
After graduating from college, she moved to the Washington, D. C. area and was employed in the food service division of the Naval Research Laboratories in Bethesda, MD. She later took a position in the food service division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in downtown Washington. It was there she met her future husband, Dr. Robert William Webb, a noted research scientist who was doing pioneering work in the emerging field of cotton fiber science and technology.
She and Dr. Webb were married in Gulfport, MS on 02 Apr 1944. On 18 Jun 1945, she gave birth to a son who was given the name Robert (after his father) and Merritte after his maternal grandfather. Young Bob (then called Bobby) immediately became one of the lights of her life, and he remained so throughout the remaining 49+ years of her life.
In 1948, she and Dr. Webb were divorced. She and their young son moved back to MS, to her parents farm in the Landon community where she was raised. She devoted the next several years of her life to raising her son.
In 1968, she moved to WV where her son was employed as a chemical engineer with DuPont. In 1972, she moved back to her native TX when he was transferred by DuPont to the Houston area.
Her son is one of the founders of the engineering company, Webb, Murray & Associates, Inc., at which, in the company's early years in the mid-1970s, Jean Marie assisted in administrative tasks, shipping and receiving, and with lots of encouragement and moral support. In later years, she did extensive volunteer work in the Clear Lake area where she and her son and his family lived. She became widely known as the "cookie lady," to patients and staff members at St. John Hospital in Nassau Bay and at several nursing homes in the area. She fondly and proudly referred to that work as her "cookie ministry." She was an active member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Webster, TX.
In a Jul 1984 bulletin from her church, a message from Jean Marie was published as follows.
I have found that reaching out to people in nursing homes is important. These men and women are so very appreciative of every little thing you might say or do for them. A number of them have had their homes sole, and have been put there to live until their death. There is one lady at Baywind Village in League City whose family moved her there, and then they moved back to New Jersey. She rarely hears from them. She seems so happy to be remembered once a week when I go. She, like a few there seems fairly healthy physically and has a sound mind.
One lady there is Mattie Jo Hurst, who used to attend most all of our church services with Barbara Lynn. She had a stroke several years ago, and lost her mind. She still does not know who she is, or who anyone else is either. She is most demanding so she is restrained part of the time. I check on her each week and give her some of my homemade cookies.
Some of the elderly men seem especially glad to get the cookies; they almost always ask if they are really homemade; they don't want the "store bought" kind at all. It has probably been many years since they have had any homemade ones.
But, it isn't just the cookies that makes them happy. I think it is the fact of being remembered each week, and to have that to look forward to. There is a need for other volunteers who can give a little time each week ministering to the residents in the local nursing homes. If you cannot go to these homes, perhaps you could make some cookies for these senior citizens.
Anything you can do will be of help. Please get in touch with Jean Webb at 474-2746 if you are interested. Signed: Jean Webb
Jean Marie was preceded in death by her parents, Minnie Ellen (Edgar) High, originally of Terryville and Thomaston, TX and Marvin Merritte High, originally of Starkville, MS. She was also preceded in death by one of her two brothers, Marvin Merritt High, Jr. of Gulfport, MS.
She was survived by her son, Bob, and his wife, Jane, of League City TX and their two sons (her beloved grandsons), Andy and Jeff. Other survivors included her other brother, John Edgar High and his wife, Doris, of Brandon, MS; her sister-in-law, (Merritt's widow), Gene High of Snohomish, WA; her nephew, Scott High and his wife, Jeannie, of Brandon, MS; her niece, Holly (High) Grubbs and her husband, Lee, of Brandon, MS, and her nieces Jane High and Judee High of Snohomish, WA.
Jean Marie (High) Webb, of Nassau Bay, TX, died 12 Dec 1993, following a lengthy illness. She was born 26 Aug 1920 in Kingsville, TX. In 1925, she and her family moved to the MS Gulf Coast (Gulfport area) where her father was transferred as a scientist (entomologist) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She grew up there, along with her two brothers, Merritt and John, on her family's farm located along Bayou Bernard in the Landon community about 5 miles north of Gulfport, MS.
She was a 1937 graduate of Gulfport High School and a 1941 graduate of Mississippi University for Women (then Mississippi State College for Women or "MSCW") with a B.S. degree in home economics with a major in foods and nutrition.
After graduating from college, she moved to the Washington, D. C. area and was employed in the food service division of the Naval Research Laboratories in Bethesda, MD. She later took a position in the food service division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in downtown Washington. It was there she met her future husband, Dr. Robert William Webb, a noted research scientist who was doing pioneering work in the emerging field of cotton fiber science and technology.
She and Dr. Webb were married in Gulfport, MS on 02 Apr 1944. On 18 Jun 1945, she gave birth to a son who was given the name Robert (after his father) and Merritte after his maternal grandfather. Young Bob (then called Bobby) immediately became one of the lights of her life, and he remained so throughout the remaining 49+ years of her life.
In 1948, she and Dr. Webb were divorced. She and their young son moved back to MS, to her parents farm in the Landon community where she was raised. She devoted the next several years of her life to raising her son.
In 1968, she moved to WV where her son was employed as a chemical engineer with DuPont. In 1972, she moved back to her native TX when he was transferred by DuPont to the Houston area.
Her son is one of the founders of the engineering company, Webb, Murray & Associates, Inc., at which, in the company's early years in the mid-1970s, Jean Marie assisted in administrative tasks, shipping and receiving, and with lots of encouragement and moral support. In later years, she did extensive volunteer work in the Clear Lake area where she and her son and his family lived. She became widely known as the "cookie lady," to patients and staff members at St. John Hospital in Nassau Bay and at several nursing homes in the area. She fondly and proudly referred to that work as her "cookie ministry." She was an active member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Webster, TX.
In a Jul 1984 bulletin from her church, a message from Jean Marie was published as follows.
I have found that reaching out to people in nursing homes is important. These men and women are so very appreciative of every little thing you might say or do for them. A number of them have had their homes sole, and have been put there to live until their death. There is one lady at Baywind Village in League City whose family moved her there, and then they moved back to New Jersey. She rarely hears from them. She seems so happy to be remembered once a week when I go. She, like a few there seems fairly healthy physically and has a sound mind.
One lady there is Mattie Jo Hurst, who used to attend most all of our church services with Barbara Lynn. She had a stroke several years ago, and lost her mind. She still does not know who she is, or who anyone else is either. She is most demanding so she is restrained part of the time. I check on her each week and give her some of my homemade cookies.
Some of the elderly men seem especially glad to get the cookies; they almost always ask if they are really homemade; they don't want the "store bought" kind at all. It has probably been many years since they have had any homemade ones.
But, it isn't just the cookies that makes them happy. I think it is the fact of being remembered each week, and to have that to look forward to. There is a need for other volunteers who can give a little time each week ministering to the residents in the local nursing homes. If you cannot go to these homes, perhaps you could make some cookies for these senior citizens.
Anything you can do will be of help. Please get in touch with Jean Webb at 474-2746 if you are interested. Signed: Jean Webb
Jean Marie was preceded in death by her parents, Minnie Ellen (Edgar) High, originally of Terryville and Thomaston, TX and Marvin Merritte High, originally of Starkville, MS. She was also preceded in death by one of her two brothers, Marvin Merritt High, Jr. of Gulfport, MS.
She was survived by her son, Bob, and his wife, Jane, of League City TX and their two sons (her beloved grandsons), Andy and Jeff. Other survivors included her other brother, John Edgar High and his wife, Doris, of Brandon, MS; her sister-in-law, (Merritt's widow), Gene High of Snohomish, WA; her nephew, Scott High and his wife, Jeannie, of Brandon, MS; her niece, Holly (High) Grubbs and her husband, Lee, of Brandon, MS, and her nieces Jane High and Judee High of Snohomish, WA.
She was a 1937 graduate of Gulfport High School and a 1941 graduate of Mississippi University for Women (then Mississippi State College for Women or "MSCW") with a B.S. degree in home economics with a major in foods and nutrition.
After graduating from college, she moved to the Washington, D. C. area and was employed in the food service division of the Naval Research Laboratories in Bethesda, MD. She later took a position in the food service division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in downtown Washington. It was there she met her future husband, Dr. Robert William Webb, a noted research scientist who was doing pioneering work in the emerging field of cotton fiber science and technology.
She and Dr. Webb were married in Gulfport, MS on 02 Apr 1944. On 18 Jun 1945, she gave birth to a son who was given the name Robert (after his father) and Merritte after his maternal grandfather. Young Bob (then called Bobby) immediately became one of the lights of her life, and he remained so throughout the remaining 49+ years of her life.
In 1948, she and Dr. Webb were divorced. She and their young son moved back to MS, to her parents farm in the Landon community where she was raised. She devoted the next several years of her life to raising her son.
In 1968, she moved to WV where her son was employed as a chemical engineer with DuPont. In 1972, she moved back to her native TX when he was transferred by DuPont to the Houston area.
Her son is one of the founders of the engineering company, Webb, Murray & Associates, Inc., at which, in the company's early years in the mid-1970s, Jean Marie assisted in administrative tasks, shipping and receiving, and with lots of encouragement and moral support. In later years, she did extensive volunteer work in the Clear Lake area where she and her son and his family lived. She became widely known as the "cookie lady," to patients and staff members at St. John Hospital in Nassau Bay and at several nursing homes in the area. She fondly and proudly referred to that work as her "cookie ministry." She was an active member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Webster, TX.
In a Jul 1984 bulletin from her church, a message from Jean Marie was published as follows.
I have found that reaching out to people in nursing homes is important. These men and women are so very appreciative of every little thing you might say or do for them. A number of them have had their homes sole, and have been put there to live until their death. There is one lady at Baywind Village in League City whose family moved her there, and then they moved back to New Jersey. She rarely hears from them. She seems so happy to be remembered once a week when I go. She, like a few there seems fairly healthy physically and has a sound mind.
One lady there is Mattie Jo Hurst, who used to attend most all of our church services with Barbara Lynn. She had a stroke several years ago, and lost her mind. She still does not know who she is, or who anyone else is either. She is most demanding so she is restrained part of the time. I check on her each week and give her some of my homemade cookies.
Some of the elderly men seem especially glad to get the cookies; they almost always ask if they are really homemade; they don't want the "store bought" kind at all. It has probably been many years since they have had any homemade ones.
But, it isn't just the cookies that makes them happy. I think it is the fact of being remembered each week, and to have that to look forward to. There is a need for other volunteers who can give a little time each week ministering to the residents in the local nursing homes. If you cannot go to these homes, perhaps you could make some cookies for these senior citizens.
Anything you can do will be of help. Please get in touch with Jean Webb at 474-2746 if you are interested. Signed: Jean Webb
Jean Marie was preceded in death by her parents, Minnie Ellen (Edgar) High, originally of Terryville and Thomaston, TX and Marvin Merritte High, originally of Starkville, MS. She was also preceded in death by one of her two brothers, Marvin Merritt High, Jr. of Gulfport, MS.
She was survived by her son, Bob, and his wife, Jane, of League City TX and their two sons (her beloved grandsons), Andy and Jeff. Other survivors included her other brother, John Edgar High and his wife, Doris, of Brandon, MS; her sister-in-law, (Merritt's widow), Gene High of Snohomish, WA; her nephew, Scott High and his wife, Jeannie, of Brandon, MS; her niece, Holly (High) Grubbs and her husband, Lee, of Brandon, MS, and her nieces Jane High and Judee High of Snohomish, WA.
