James Webb

James P. “J.P.” Webb, Sr., age 76 of Richlands, Virginia died December 7, 2008. He was born in Red Ash, Virginia, and was the son of the late Rev. Neal F. Webb and Dora Boyd Webb. He was a graduate of Richlands High School Class of 1956 and he had attended the University of Alaska and received the “Outstanding Educational Achievement Award” from the Alaskan Air Command. He took a Bachelor Degree of Arts Degree in English from Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio, Texas, through “Operation Bootstrap” while stationed with the U.S. Air Force at Lockland AFB in Texas. He was a longtime member of the Richlands Town Council, serving 13 years with two terms as Vice Mayor. He was a former Midget League basketball coach and President of the Richlands Minor Baseball League. He worked with the American Heart association and was listed in The Personalities of The South. He was a Kentucky Colonel, National certified welfare fraud investigator, a published poet and recipient of the “Golden Poet Award.” He was a veteran serving both in the Navy and the Air Force, retiring as a technical sergeant with twenty two years military service. He was a former social worker in child neglect and abuse. He was a Former Juvenile Court Counselor, Probation officer and supervisor. He was Tazewell County’s first full time welfare fraud investigator and was a former district manager for the Bristol Herald Courier. He did security work for the Clinch alley hospital, Burns Inc., and EMATS. He was a former staff writer for the Tazewell County Free Press and authored ‘The Back Alley Bridge.” In addition to his parents he was proceeded in death by his wife of 43 years, Juanita Buskill Webb, three sisters, Margaret Webb, Doris Lyons and Captola Webb. He is survived by: Sons: James P. Webb, Jr. of Richlands, VA Joseph P. Webb and wife Freda of Ocala, FL Timothy Neal Webb and wife, Kristy of Swords Creek, VA Brothers: Delano Webb of Bristol, VA Harold Webb of Hanover, VA Steve Webb of Boulder, Colorado. Sisters: Patricia Joyce of Richlands, VA Naomi Brown of Ocala, FL Grandchildren: Courtney Webb and Brandon Webb of Richlands, VA and Jarrett Webb of Ocala, FL. Funeral services for J.P. Webb will be conducted at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands, VA with the Rev. Gary Lyons officiating. Interment will follow at the Greenhills Memory Gardens in Claypool hill, VA. Nephews will serve as Pallbearers and Employees of the Law Enforcement Agencies of Tazewell County will serve as honorary pallbearers. Military graveside rites will be conducted by the members of the Casey Shortt VFW Post# 9640. Friends may call from 6-9 pm on Tuesday evening at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home

James Webb

July 20, 1932 - December 7, 2008