This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/1230 Message Board Post: The Sun, San Bernardino, CA - December 21, 2004 MRS. EDDIE LEE WEBB, 90, passed peacefully from this life on December 15, 2004 with her daughter Annie Laura Ashley at her bedside. She was born Eddie Lee Battle, November 14, 1914 in Macon, Georgia, to the late Joseph and Lettie Battle, the seventh of eleven children. She was a retired career registered professional nurse in New York City where she worked and resided for over 60 years. Mrs. Webb spent the majority of her childhood and retirement years in Fort Myers, Florida, having graduated from both Williams Elementary and Dunbar high School. She received the degrees of Bachelors of Science (Nursing) and Bachelors of Arts (Sociology) from The City University of New York. She was married to the late Arnold Webb who preceded her in death. Mrs. Webb was a faithful member of the Church of Christ where she was a fervent advocate and mentor to youth and their education. She leaves to mourn her passing her only child, Annie Laura Ashley and husband Clarence of San Bernardino, CA; one sister, Nettie Jewel Sturges of New York City, NY; four grandsons, Arnold Ashley and wife Dianne of Olney, Maryland; Craig B. Ashley and wife Gricelda of Hawthorne, CA; Michael Ashley of Los Angeles, CA; Randy L. Ashley and wife Wanda of San Bernardino, CA; one granddaughter, Sherry Ann (Ashley) Gilliam and husband John of Rancho Cucamonga, CA; nine great-grandsons, Aaron Bryant, London Ashley, Daniel Ashley, Styce Ashley, Marcus Ashley, John Gilliam IV, Kameron Ashley and Kaleb Ashley; two great-granddaughters, Whitney Ashley and Darnique Ashley; and a host of loving nieces, nephews and friends. Visitation will be held Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at the Simpson Family Mortuary, 1557 W. Base Line Street in San Bernardino, CA from 3-7 pm. Funeral services will be held at the Rialto Church of Christ, 245 West Merrill Street, Rialto, CA on Thursday, December 23,! 2004 at 1 pm. Interment will be at Calvary Gardens, Fort Myers, Florida on December 30, 2004. NOTE: Submitter is not related in any way to deceased. Obituary is provided for genealogical interest only. ~RIP~