John Webb

OBITUARY FOR JOHN LYNDON WEBB John Lyndon Webb, age 95, passed away peacefully Monday, October 2, 2023 in Tyler, Texas at East Texas Hospice. He suffered with so many deadly illnesses his last few years, it would have been easy for him to give up, but he never stopped fighting for his family and the love of his life for 72 years, Joyce Webb. A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, 2023 at Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home, 206 West South Street, Lindale, Texas 75771 with Rupert Anthony officiating. John met his wife, Joyce Jones, his senior year at Southern Methodist University and they married in July of 1951. He graduated from SMU with a degree in Business. He joined the Coast Guard shortly thereafter and they started their journey together. Truly God writes the best love stories and their marriage, love and dedication to each other has been an inspiration to all who knew them. They lived in San Franciso, California and Galveston, Texas while in the Coast Guard and later settled in Dallas, Texas where their family lived after his honorable discharge. He joined his Dad and brothers in the restaurant business before branching out and opening his own restaurant, Webb's Chicken Garden, in Dallas, Texas near Bachman Lake. After having their three children, they moved to Frisco, Texas and John retired from the restaurant business and began ranching and real estate investing. In Frisco, their children flourished in the small town atmosphere which was their parent’s dream. John later accepted the position as the Food Director for Texoma Medical Center hospital when they moved to their ranch outside Denison, Texas. John and Joyce both loved all animals and spent much of their time in retirement focused on improving the lives of shelter cats and dogs and making them more adoptable. The Webb's, along with their great friends, Sally and Monty Jackson and the B.B. Owen Trust, built facilities or refurbished Humane Society/Shelters in Sherman, Texas, McKinney, Texas and Pagosa Springs, Colorado. No doubt countless dogs and cats lives have been saved and rescued as a result of their tireless efforts. John’s love of horses began when he was a young boy on his father, Chester Webb’s, farm in Garland, Texas. He raised Quarter Horses and broke and trained horses for most of his adult life. He and his family and grandchildren rode horses with him in Texas and Colorado. There was nothing he loved doing more in life than riding horses. His accomplishments included winning the North Texas Cutting Horse Association, Novice Division, on his prized stallion, El Rancho Wimpy. He later became an elite competitive trail rider on his mare, Mighty Aledo Gal, and won the National American Trail Riding championship in 1984. He was especially proud of the accomplishment since he was told that only Arabian horses could really compete for the Championship. John also received an award for the work he did establishing the Back Country Horsemen of America---Pagosa Springs Division mentoring new horseback riders in the mountains. From Denison, John and Joyce moved to Sun City West, Arizona to experience the good life---6 months of the fall/winter in Arizona and 6 months of the summer in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. They gave up the Arizona winters to move back to McKinney, Texas in 2000 to be a part of their youngest daughter, Sharon’s family, and to be a big part of their grandchildren’s lives. John is preceded in death by his parents Chester and Kate Webb; and brothers, Randolph and Roland Webb. He is also, survived by his wife, Joyce Webb; sister, Kay Roberts, children, Judy Webb LeUnes and husband Arnold LeUnes, John Randall Webb and wife Liz Webb and Sharon Webb Curtis and husband Bob Curtis. He is survived by his grandchildren including, Kristina Curtis and husband Juan Bahena, Katie Cryer and her husband Joel Cryer, Drew Webb and his wife Sara Webb, Zack Curtis, Alec Curtis, Lyndon LeUnes and his wife Danielle LeUnes, Heather Wooley and Jace Bahena as well as nephews Webb Roberts and wife Jane Roberts and Rhett Roberts and many great grandchildren. If you would like to make a donation, in lieu of flowers, please send any contributions to Therapet (Animal Assisted Therapy) P.O. Box 130118, Tyler, Texas 75713 or your local Humane Society.

John Webb

September 12, 1928 - October 2, 2023