Julia Jean

Webb

Mrs. Julia Jean (Smith) Webb was born in a church parsonage in Staunton, Illinois on May 7, 1937, the first of four daughters to the Reverend Paul Edward and Virginia Leaia (Warembourg) Smith. Her father's ministry moved the family across southern Illinois during the Second World War to Saint Louis, until they settled into the wilderness of the Saint Francois Mountains of the Missouri Ozarks. It was there she met and married the love of her life; a young marine corporal named William Jake Webb.

Together they began their journey of fifty-two years in Saint Louis, later following his career to Atlanta and Chicago before returning to the mountains to finish out their days among their parents, family, and life-long friends.

She practiced a variety of careers during her lifetime, occasionally simultaneously, wife, mother, teacher, bookkeeper, cattle farmer, caregiver, neighbor and friend.

She loved collecting fabric and sewing, was thrilled at the idea of gardening, enjoyed reading many books and was a lifelong fan of St. Louis Cardinal Baseball.

She was a follower of Jesus Christ and a devoted reader of the Holy Bible. She cherished her faith, sharing it with family and friends, never missing an opportunity to speak of its wisdom, comfort and hope. Her support to those she loved never wavered, always with a word of advice and the promise of prayer. With faith in God as the primary guide of her life, she said of her spiritual legacy and her entire family: "We're together in the Spirit of the Lord.".

Julia passed away in the comfort of her faith on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 4:30 p.m., at her beloved farm near Edgehill, Missouri.

She is survived by her daughters: Tamara Jean Webb and her husband, James Swyers of Belleview, Missouri, and Dana Lee Brady and her husband, J.P. of Marietta, Georgia; her sons: William Craig Webb and his wife, Jennifer of Jefferson City, Missouri, and Joshua Daniel Webb of Madison, Indiana; her grandchildren: Jacob Wade (Julia); Kaitlyn Isabelle (Konner), Colin Craig (Grace), and Kylie Lynn (Ben); her great-grandchildren: Zoey, Brock, Nyah, Jessity and she was awaiting the birth of a fourth great-granddaughter expected on June 2, 2023. She is survived by four young men whom she thought of as grandsons: Andrew (Alexis), Joseph, Alexander (Savannah) and Campbell (Anna). She is also survived by her sisters: Gail Estep Chadbourne and her husband Eugene, and Frances Marian Hill and her husband, Wade; her sister-in-law: Alice Webb Chester; her nieces and nephews: Leaia (Mark), Neal (Kathy), Julie, Jenia (Joe), DeDaun, John, Cynthia (Randy), David Patrick, LaDonna (Steve), David Wayne (Tracey), Mike (Susan), Sheila (Steve) and Darrell (Angel); several great nieces and nephews, great-great nieces and nephews, cousins and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents: the Revd. Paul & Virginia Smith; her father and mother-in-law: Arley Bert and Virgie Alice Clements Webb; her husband: William Jake Webb; her sister: Paula Ann Smith Chadbourne; her brothers-in-law: Darrell Leo Webb, Bernis Bert Estep, Dr. Preston Chester and Donald C. Webb; her sisters-in-law:Helna Anetha Webb and Athalene Faye Parker Webb; her nephews; Paul Calvin Estep and Duane Chadbourne.

Visitation will be Friday, March 31, 2023, 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service at McSpadden Funeral Home, Highway, 21 in Lesterville, Missouri.

Funeral services will be Saturday, April 1, 2023, 1:00 p.m. at McSpadden Funeral Home, with burial to follow at Boss Cemetery in Boss, Missouri.

Pallbearers: Jacob Greene, Colin Webb, Brock Greene, Konner Blagg, Ben Carey, Andy Reuss, Joe Nchia, Alex Reuss and Campbell Higbie.

Memorials in Julia's memory can be made to UIM International – Aviation Fund.

Arrangements by McSpadden Funeral Home, Lesterville, Missouri