Bertha Daily Webb
(April 1, 1923)
Bertha Easterbelle Daily was the first child of William and Susie Daily. In 1941 Bertha came to Florence, Alabama to work at the Knitting Mill in Sweetwater. She lived with a cousin. In 1942 she met Henry Douglas Webb from Wayne County, Lutts, Tennessee. He is the son of Addie Mae Pigg and Marshall Henry Webb. Henry, one of eleven children, was born January 30, 1924. He worked with the Standard Oil Company and lived with his brother, Jeff Webb, in Florence. On March 25, 1943 Bertha Daily married Henry Webb. Henry served in the U. S. Army, Battery "B", 739th Field Artillery. He was discharged July 7, 1944. Henry and Bertha purchased a house at 732 (now 936) Cumberland Street, Florence, completing the first home loan under the G. I. Bill of Rights in Alabama. Henry and Bertha had five children:
Jerry Douglas Webb Born: October 30, 1944 Died: October 31, 1944 Buried in Mountain Springs Cemetery, Colbert County, Alabama. |
Sharon Kaye Webb Born: October 28, 1945 Married August 27, 1966: Toby Jan Carpenter Born: February 22, 1943 |
Linda Diane Webb Born: November 3, 1948 Married October 1, 1966: Bobby Joe Trousdale Born: December 20, 1944 |
Harold Dewayne Webb Born: August 27, 1951 Married February 25, 1980: Wanda Sue Luttrell Married September 30, 2000: Laura Jo McFall Born: October 29, 1949 |
Wanda Gail Webb Born: April 1, 1955 Married June 7, 1975: Thomas Howland Wells, Jr. Born: January 5, 1951 Died: December 1, 2000 Buried in Tri-Cities Memorial Garden, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. |
Henry Webb, an automobile technician, was the owner of Henry Webb Auto Service. In March, 1962 Bertha started selling Stanley Home Products with an excellent sales record. She won many trips for Henry and herself. Henry had a heart attack in January, 1974, and in 1991 he had a defibrillator A. I. C. D. (Automatic Implantable Cardiaventer Defibrillator System) implanted to correct his fast heart beat. In 1994 he had a Metronic PCD Device (pacemaker and defibrillator) implanted. Henry died on May 24, 1995.