Funeral services for Hazel M. (Ricks) Webb, 75, have been scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday, June 4, 2018 at Autry’s Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home, Athens with Donnie Ricks officiating.
Burial will follow at Oaklawn Memorial Park, Athens.
Mrs. Webb passed away May 30, 2018 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
She was born October 2, 1942 in Palestine, Texas to the late Horace Henry and Allie May Bowman Ricks. Hazel was Valedictorian from Maydelle High School in 1960 and a graduate of Henderson County Junior College in 1971 and Texas Eastern University in 1979. She was a longtime resident of Athens and a member of Landmark Baptist Church where she served as treasurer. She retired as an officer from First National Bank in Athens. She loved to be outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Joe D. Webb, Sr. in 1987, grandson; Robby Pettiette, sister; Allie Marie Boykin, brother; Harvey Lee Ricks, sister-in-law; Shiela Webb, grandparents, great-grandson; Robert Pettiette, granddaughter-in-law; Francis Pettiette, and two nieces and one nephew.
Survivors include her daughter Janice Williams and husband Tom, son; Joe D. Webb, Jr., brothers; H. Edward and Barbara Ricks, Thomas L. and Jackie Ricks, Bobby H. and Patricia Ann Ricks, and Donnie Ray and Pat Elizabeth Ricks, sister-in-law; Donna Ricks, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and eight nieces and eleven nephews.
Visitation for family and friends will be held Sunday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.