MT. VERNON - Albert F. Webb, 99, of Monticello, Fla., and formerly of Mt. Vernon and Maryville, Tenn., died on March 20, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Webb was born on Feb. 6, 1912, in Moore's Prairie Township, the son of Charles and Norma (Ursery) Webb. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. aboard the U.S.S. Carteret. After the war, he worked at the Mt. Vernon Railroad Car Mfg. Co. as a switchman in the railway yard and after that he was the owner and operator of a grocery store located at 17th and College Streets. In the 1950s, he owned and operated Star Market on South 10th Street for many years before joining the U.S. Postal Service and serving for several years as a postal carrier before retiring from that position in 1972. Mr. Webb enjoyed fishing and playing pinochle, but his favorite hobby was gardening and he was able to enjoy that hobby until his final few years. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 41 years, Violet M. (Johnson) Webb; his wife, Nancy (Garland) Webb of Maryville, Tenn.; his daughter, Janet Ann Mason of Maryville, Tenn.; and sisters Claudia Britton, Velma Friar, Evelyn Thompson and Norma Bevis Williams. He is survived by his son, Terry R. Webb and wife Marilyn of Monticello, Fla.; daughter Gloria Kay Jones and husband Kenneth of Lufkin, Texas; daughter Sherry Sue Merrick and husband Tappan of Sunnyvale, Calif.; son-in-law John W. Masson of Marshall, N.C.; sister Fern Williams; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Mr. Webb was of the Baptist Faith. As per his wishes, Mr. Webb was cremated and his ashes interred next to his wife in the family plot at Kirk Cemetery in Ina.