The Shreveport (La) Times (Oct. 19, 1931)
DEATH CLAIMS
JUDGE WEBB OF
APPEAL COURT
__________
Leaders of Shreveport Bar
Mourn Passing of Figure
Prominent in State
__________
FUNERAL SERVICE WILL
BE HELD AT 3 O'CLOCK
__________
Fairness on Bench Lauded by
Associates, Old Friends
and Neighbors
__________
Rhydon Dickens Webb, 59, presiding judge of the Louisiana court of appeal, second circuit, former city and district judge, and for many years a leading member of the Shreveport bar, died at 3:24 a.m. Sunday in a local sanitarium after heroic measures had been taken to prolong his life.
Judge Webb died at the same minute as Thomas Alva Edison, famous American inventor.
His wife, Mrs. Naomi Skannal Webb, and son, John S. Webb, who had come here late Saturday from Baton Rouge, where the latter is a junior at L.S.U., were at his bedside.
Although Judge Webb had been seriously ill for several weeks, he was not believed to be in immediate danger until Saturday night, when an operation was performed. He was conscious to the last.
As news of his passing spread through the city Sunday, tributes to his official career and character were voiced in all circles. Both his public and private life were described in superlatives. His rapid rise on the bench was declared to exemplify only a small measure of his prestige as a jurist.
Rhydon Dickens Webb was born at Minden in 1872. He attended private schools there and later received higher education and professional training at Vanderbilt university.
After being admitted to the bar in 1896, he practiced law several years at Minden and Benton. Moving to Shreveport in 1900, he formed a law partnership with James Foster under the name of Foster and Webb.
He was married in 1907 to Miss Naomi Skannal of Shreveport. John S. Webb is their only child.
His first public office was the city judgeship, to which he was elected in 1905. He held office until 1909, when he returned to private practice. He was named district judge in 1914 when a new judgeship for Caddo parish was created. Re-elected in 1916, Judge Webb served until 1920. He then became the law partner of Judge Fred Thatcher.
After Judge M.H. Carver's death in 1925, Governor Fuqua appointed him to fill the unexpired term on the court of appeal. He was elected without opposition in 1926, his term extending to 1935.
The judgeship will be filled with a temporary appointment by the governor, the appointee serving until a successor can be elected in the next congressional balloting in November, 1932, to fill the unexpired term. An election for the full term will be held in 1935.
Besides his wife and son, Judge Webb is survived by two brothers, Sam Webb, Minden, and J.Y. Webb, Dallas, and two sisters, Mrs. Julia Hutton, Minden, and Miss Mabel Webb, Dallas.
He was a Mason and Shriner and member of First Methodist church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday at the family residence, 1146 Louisiana avenue, by the Rev. Jasper K. Smith, pastor of First Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery under direction of Roll Osborn and Sons Funeral home.
Judges and officials of the court of appeal and district court and members of the Caddo, Bossier and Webster parish bars will be among the honorary pallbearers. Others will be J.B. Ardis, Representative John N. Sandlin, Dr. Arthur A. Herold, Dr. Luther Longino, Dr. Paul D. Abramson, Dr. Robert D. Webb, C.M. Hutton, Henry Skannal, W.L. Young, J.E. Murray, George P. Murray, D.B. Hamilton, W.E. Hamilton, Sam D. Hunter and W.C. Marshall.
Active pallbearers will be George Mills, E.B. Herndon, Arthur Wise, William B. Hamilton, Edward Clinton Hamilton, Leon O'Quin, Percy Garrot and Wilbur V. Lunn.
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The following also gave tributes to Judge Webb:
Judge H.C. Drew, court of appeal; Judge E.P. Mills, district court; Judge T.F. Bell, district court; J.D. Barksdale, president of the Shreveport bar association; Dr. Arthur Herold; H.C. Walker, attorney; Elias Goldstein, attorney and Charles E. Dunbar, Jr., president of the Louisiana bar association.
DEATH CLAIMS
JUDGE WEBB OF
APPEAL COURT
__________
Leaders of Shreveport Bar
Mourn Passing of Figure
Prominent in State
__________
FUNERAL SERVICE WILL
BE HELD AT 3 O'CLOCK
__________
Fairness on Bench Lauded by
Associates, Old Friends
and Neighbors
__________
Rhydon Dickens Webb, 59, presiding judge of the Louisiana court of appeal, second circuit, former city and district judge, and for many years a leading member of the Shreveport bar, died at 3:24 a.m. Sunday in a local sanitarium after heroic measures had been taken to prolong his life.
Judge Webb died at the same minute as Thomas Alva Edison, famous American inventor.
His wife, Mrs. Naomi Skannal Webb, and son, John S. Webb, who had come here late Saturday from Baton Rouge, where the latter is a junior at L.S.U., were at his bedside.
Although Judge Webb had been seriously ill for several weeks, he was not believed to be in immediate danger until Saturday night, when an operation was performed. He was conscious to the last.
As news of his passing spread through the city Sunday, tributes to his official career and character were voiced in all circles. Both his public and private life were described in superlatives. His rapid rise on the bench was declared to exemplify only a small measure of his prestige as a jurist.
Rhydon Dickens Webb was born at Minden in 1872. He attended private schools there and later received higher education and professional training at Vanderbilt university.
After being admitted to the bar in 1896, he practiced law several years at Minden and Benton. Moving to Shreveport in 1900, he formed a law partnership with James Foster under the name of Foster and Webb.
He was married in 1907 to Miss Naomi Skannal of Shreveport. John S. Webb is their only child.
His first public office was the city judgeship, to which he was elected in 1905. He held office until 1909, when he returned to private practice. He was named district judge in 1914 when a new judgeship for Caddo parish was created. Re-elected in 1916, Judge Webb served until 1920. He then became the law partner of Judge Fred Thatcher.
After Judge M.H. Carver's death in 1925, Governor Fuqua appointed him to fill the unexpired term on the court of appeal. He was elected without opposition in 1926, his term extending to 1935.
The judgeship will be filled with a temporary appointment by the governor, the appointee serving until a successor can be elected in the next congressional balloting in November, 1932, to fill the unexpired term. An election for the full term will be held in 1935.
Besides his wife and son, Judge Webb is survived by two brothers, Sam Webb, Minden, and J.Y. Webb, Dallas, and two sisters, Mrs. Julia Hutton, Minden, and Miss Mabel Webb, Dallas.
He was a Mason and Shriner and member of First Methodist church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday at the family residence, 1146 Louisiana avenue, by the Rev. Jasper K. Smith, pastor of First Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery under direction of Roll Osborn and Sons Funeral home.
Judges and officials of the court of appeal and district court and members of the Caddo, Bossier and Webster parish bars will be among the honorary pallbearers. Others will be J.B. Ardis, Representative John N. Sandlin, Dr. Arthur A. Herold, Dr. Luther Longino, Dr. Paul D. Abramson, Dr. Robert D. Webb, C.M. Hutton, Henry Skannal, W.L. Young, J.E. Murray, George P. Murray, D.B. Hamilton, W.E. Hamilton, Sam D. Hunter and W.C. Marshall.
Active pallbearers will be George Mills, E.B. Herndon, Arthur Wise, William B. Hamilton, Edward Clinton Hamilton, Leon O'Quin, Percy Garrot and Wilbur V. Lunn.
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The following also gave tributes to Judge Webb:
Judge H.C. Drew, court of appeal; Judge E.P. Mills, district court; Judge T.F. Bell, district court; J.D. Barksdale, president of the Shreveport bar association; Dr. Arthur Herold; H.C. Walker, attorney; Elias Goldstein, attorney and Charles E. Dunbar, Jr., president of the Louisiana bar association.
The Shreveport (La) Times (Oct. 19, 1931)
DEATH CLAIMS
JUDGE WEBB OF
APPEAL COURT
__________
Leaders of Shreveport Bar
Mourn Passing of Figure
Prominent in State
__________
FUNERAL SERVICE WILL
BE HELD AT 3 O'CLOCK
__________
Fairness on Bench Lauded by
Associates, Old Friends
and Neighbors
__________
Rhydon Dickens Webb, 59, presiding judge of the Louisiana court of appeal, second circuit, former city and district judge, and for many years a leading member of the Shreveport bar, died at 3:24 a.m. Sunday in a local sanitarium after heroic measures had been taken to prolong his life.
Judge Webb died at the same minute as Thomas Alva Edison, famous American inventor.
His wife, Mrs. Naomi Skannal Webb, and son, John S. Webb, who had come here late Saturday from Baton Rouge, where the latter is a junior at L.S.U., were at his bedside.
Although Judge Webb had been seriously ill for several weeks, he was not believed to be in immediate danger until Saturday night, when an operation was performed. He was conscious to the last.
As news of his passing spread through the city Sunday, tributes to his official career and character were voiced in all circles. Both his public and private life were described in superlatives. His rapid rise on the bench was declared to exemplify only a small measure of his prestige as a jurist.
Rhydon Dickens Webb was born at Minden in 1872. He attended private schools there and later received higher education and professional training at Vanderbilt university.
After being admitted to the bar in 1896, he practiced law several years at Minden and Benton. Moving to Shreveport in 1900, he formed a law partnership with James Foster under the name of Foster and Webb.
He was married in 1907 to Miss Naomi Skannal of Shreveport. John S. Webb is their only child.
His first public office was the city judgeship, to which he was elected in 1905. He held office until 1909, when he returned to private practice. He was named district judge in 1914 when a new judgeship for Caddo parish was created. Re-elected in 1916, Judge Webb served until 1920. He then became the law partner of Judge Fred Thatcher.
After Judge M.H. Carver's death in 1925, Governor Fuqua appointed him to fill the unexpired term on the court of appeal. He was elected without opposition in 1926, his term extending to 1935.
The judgeship will be filled with a temporary appointment by the governor, the appointee serving until a successor can be elected in the next congressional balloting in November, 1932, to fill the unexpired term. An election for the full term will be held in 1935.
Besides his wife and son, Judge Webb is survived by two brothers, Sam Webb, Minden, and J.Y. Webb, Dallas, and two sisters, Mrs. Julia Hutton, Minden, and Miss Mabel Webb, Dallas.
He was a Mason and Shriner and member of First Methodist church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday at the family residence, 1146 Louisiana avenue, by the Rev. Jasper K. Smith, pastor of First Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery under direction of Roll Osborn and Sons Funeral home.
Judges and officials of the court of appeal and district court and members of the Caddo, Bossier and Webster parish bars will be among the honorary pallbearers. Others will be J.B. Ardis, Representative John N. Sandlin, Dr. Arthur A. Herold, Dr. Luther Longino, Dr. Paul D. Abramson, Dr. Robert D. Webb, C.M. Hutton, Henry Skannal, W.L. Young, J.E. Murray, George P. Murray, D.B. Hamilton, W.E. Hamilton, Sam D. Hunter and W.C. Marshall.
Active pallbearers will be George Mills, E.B. Herndon, Arthur Wise, William B. Hamilton, Edward Clinton Hamilton, Leon O'Quin, Percy Garrot and Wilbur V. Lunn.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following also gave tributes to Judge Webb:
Judge H.C. Drew, court of appeal; Judge E.P. Mills, district court; Judge T.F. Bell, district court; J.D. Barksdale, president of the Shreveport bar association; Dr. Arthur Herold; H.C. Walker, attorney; Elias Goldstein, attorney and Charles E. Dunbar, Jr., president of the Louisiana bar association.
DEATH CLAIMS
JUDGE WEBB OF
APPEAL COURT
__________
Leaders of Shreveport Bar
Mourn Passing of Figure
Prominent in State
__________
FUNERAL SERVICE WILL
BE HELD AT 3 O'CLOCK
__________
Fairness on Bench Lauded by
Associates, Old Friends
and Neighbors
__________
Rhydon Dickens Webb, 59, presiding judge of the Louisiana court of appeal, second circuit, former city and district judge, and for many years a leading member of the Shreveport bar, died at 3:24 a.m. Sunday in a local sanitarium after heroic measures had been taken to prolong his life.
Judge Webb died at the same minute as Thomas Alva Edison, famous American inventor.
His wife, Mrs. Naomi Skannal Webb, and son, John S. Webb, who had come here late Saturday from Baton Rouge, where the latter is a junior at L.S.U., were at his bedside.
Although Judge Webb had been seriously ill for several weeks, he was not believed to be in immediate danger until Saturday night, when an operation was performed. He was conscious to the last.
As news of his passing spread through the city Sunday, tributes to his official career and character were voiced in all circles. Both his public and private life were described in superlatives. His rapid rise on the bench was declared to exemplify only a small measure of his prestige as a jurist.
Rhydon Dickens Webb was born at Minden in 1872. He attended private schools there and later received higher education and professional training at Vanderbilt university.
After being admitted to the bar in 1896, he practiced law several years at Minden and Benton. Moving to Shreveport in 1900, he formed a law partnership with James Foster under the name of Foster and Webb.
He was married in 1907 to Miss Naomi Skannal of Shreveport. John S. Webb is their only child.
His first public office was the city judgeship, to which he was elected in 1905. He held office until 1909, when he returned to private practice. He was named district judge in 1914 when a new judgeship for Caddo parish was created. Re-elected in 1916, Judge Webb served until 1920. He then became the law partner of Judge Fred Thatcher.
After Judge M.H. Carver's death in 1925, Governor Fuqua appointed him to fill the unexpired term on the court of appeal. He was elected without opposition in 1926, his term extending to 1935.
The judgeship will be filled with a temporary appointment by the governor, the appointee serving until a successor can be elected in the next congressional balloting in November, 1932, to fill the unexpired term. An election for the full term will be held in 1935.
Besides his wife and son, Judge Webb is survived by two brothers, Sam Webb, Minden, and J.Y. Webb, Dallas, and two sisters, Mrs. Julia Hutton, Minden, and Miss Mabel Webb, Dallas.
He was a Mason and Shriner and member of First Methodist church.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday at the family residence, 1146 Louisiana avenue, by the Rev. Jasper K. Smith, pastor of First Presbyterian church. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery under direction of Roll Osborn and Sons Funeral home.
Judges and officials of the court of appeal and district court and members of the Caddo, Bossier and Webster parish bars will be among the honorary pallbearers. Others will be J.B. Ardis, Representative John N. Sandlin, Dr. Arthur A. Herold, Dr. Luther Longino, Dr. Paul D. Abramson, Dr. Robert D. Webb, C.M. Hutton, Henry Skannal, W.L. Young, J.E. Murray, George P. Murray, D.B. Hamilton, W.E. Hamilton, Sam D. Hunter and W.C. Marshall.
Active pallbearers will be George Mills, E.B. Herndon, Arthur Wise, William B. Hamilton, Edward Clinton Hamilton, Leon O'Quin, Percy Garrot and Wilbur V. Lunn.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following also gave tributes to Judge Webb:
Judge H.C. Drew, court of appeal; Judge E.P. Mills, district court; Judge T.F. Bell, district court; J.D. Barksdale, president of the Shreveport bar association; Dr. Arthur Herold; H.C. Walker, attorney; Elias Goldstein, attorney and Charles E. Dunbar, Jr., president of the Louisiana bar association.
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