Thank you for your kindness

Thomas Edward "Bud" Webb
August 29, 1937 -- June 5, 1999
Walk in Peace and in Sunshine...
The fisherman has gone home.

As Penny and I have gone through these last weeks,
we have had the love, support and friendship of many
people. Unseen hands have reached out to comfort
us and to make our path easier. It has been at times
overwhelming and we have cried, but have felt
the joy of knowing so many people were praying
for us and for Tom's family.

My AOL Genealogy Forum friends have sent many
emails and cards by mail. Some sent flowers in Tom's
Memory, and some have sent monetary gifts that
have been used to pay the unexpected expenses
and to help us over being caught between the
adjustment of income and tying up the loose ends.
Some of it has been put aside into a fund to be
sent to a deserving cause, the Make A Wish Foundation.
Several have called us on the telephone to offer
their help, expressing their compassion, but above
all their heart-felt friendship and love. I am blessed
many times over with an abundance of friends.

I owe special thanks to these people for filling in
for my chat hosting obligations; My dear partner,
Joe and my wonderful Canadian cousin Suzanne.
They have helped me more than they will ever know
by picking up the reins that I had to suddenly drop.
Carol Anne, my Acadian cousin who has been
letting me bend her ear, Thank You!

How do I say thank you to Marge, Vera and Phyllis who
have been there to listen to my frustrations and taking
over the Prayer Angels? Impossible. Amid their
own problems, they took over the special group of
friends who join hands in a circle of love and prayer
that reach around the world and ask our Father for
a healing touch, a helping hand in times of need.
My gratitude cannot be expressed in words.

My special love and thanks to Tom's sister,
Jo Ann who in spite of her own grief played chauffeur
to me and Penny, helping us make the final arrangements.
Even though we had a funeral arrangement plan, the
little things still had to be taken care of. Jo Jo also
helped us with the pall bearers and contacting
the two ministers who performed the funeral service.
She also helped prepare food and made phone calls
when I could not. She is a sister that goes beyond and
above and I know that Bud loved her very much, and
so do Penny and I. Her husband, Lynn has been
"gold" as Penny is fond of saying.
Thank you, Jo Jo and Lynn!

Thanks to Barlin and Susan for allowing us to
gather at their house for family fellowship after
the funeral services. It was so nice of them to share
their home with so many. You were a loving brother
and sister to Bud and to us all. Thank you!

I am grateful that God watched over Tom's brother,
Howard "Peanut" and his wife Barbara as they
traveled here from Tulsa to be with us.
He was a special brother to Bud and I know he
loved him very much. Much love and thanks!

My love and special thanks to my sister, Margaret
and her son, Johnny for coming to be with me.
Margaret left her husband, Doyle who is
undergoing chemotherapy to make the trip.
And Johnny left his wife, who is expecting their child
to bring his Mother. Their sacrifices touched me
deeply and I was so glad that I had my sister
to hold me and let me cry the tears of cleansing.
Thanks, my dearest sister and nephew!

Thank you Lynn, L.J., Butch, Scooter and Mike,
Tom's brother-in-law and nephews, for
honoring your many memories of Bud and being
his pall bearers. Your grief was obvious, but
you carried your precious cargo with love and respect.
Thank you!

My prayers and thanks to Brother Benny Goff and
Brother Jimmy Goff for a beautiful service that I
know meant so much to all of us. Among the tears
I still chuckle over the story of Bud ordering a
roast beef po boy while sitting in a very classy
seafood restaurant surrounded by loving friends,
sharing fellowship with each of you.

Thanks to our friends next door, the Michels
who came to be with us for both the wake and
the funeral service. Your presence meant so
much to me and Penny.
You helped Penny tremendously and I am grateful.
God Bless and thank you!

My thanks would not be complete without mentioning
the officers and dispatchers of the Ocean Springs
Police Department. Their compassion the night of Tom's death
meant so much to easing the shock felt by myself and Penny.
I also wish to thank the Jackson County Coroner's office for
their gentle handling of the case, dealing with our pain.

The escort by the Ocean Springs Police Department
and the Jackson County Sheriff's Department was
greatly appreciated by those of us in the funeral
possession. God Bless all of you.

Many thanks to the funeral home directors, assistants and
secretary of Bradford O'Keefe funeral home. They
care and make a sad time easier for the family.
And thanks to Ken at D'Iberville Memorial Park for his
patience and understanding.

Two Webpages were created for memorials to Tom;
one by Robin who is a good friend and hangs out
with the rest of the nuts in the Family Tree House
on AOL. Robin was generous with her time to
give people a place to express their sympathy. She
will always hold a very special place in our hearts.
The other one was done by my dear friend,
Carol and is the official Genealogy Forum Staff
page. Both gave so much of their precious time to
do this for us, and I am grateful. To the many who
have signed the guestbooks for Penny and I, my
thanks to each of you. My cup runneth over.

These are the two links if you wish to view them:

Tom was ill for over eleven years, suffering his heart
attack when he was only fifty years old. He was a fighter
and he outlived the Doctor's predictions by 10 years.
He had some rough times lately with congestive heart
failure. At Biloxi Regional Hospital there is a CHF unit on the
fourth floor. Every Tuesday and Thursday for the last few
months, Penny would bring him there for six or eight hour
treatments. The nurses are fantastic and dedicated
up there, dispensing medicines and TLC.
The group of men and women who came for treatment
formed a "club" and made the time go quickly for
themselves, laughing, joking, crying and sharing
their fears and hopes. Tom thought highly of
these friends and I know how much he looked
forward to the special time and friendships he
formed there. Maybe one Tuesday or Thursday
Penny will drop by and make coffee for them again.
She looked forward herself to the time when she was
greeted so happily by these wonderful people.

I have a debt of gratitude to Tom's cardiologist, a Doctor
of the highest degree who is dedicated to her patients.
She has called Penny and myself several times to
check on us and that has meant a lot to both of us.
Dr. Magiros is very special to us and we will always
remember how much she tried to give Tom a good
quality of life over the last few years.
God Bless you, Doctor Magiros!

And thanks to Dr. Heitzman who tried so hard
to prepare me and Penny through the years.
You told me in 1987 that if I asked for more than
a year, I was asking for too much. I didn't ask, Doc,
but left it up to God's Will. It was not easy for me
to do so, and you were a friend to all of us. You tried
so hard to help Tom and you gave Dr. Magiros the
chance to help Tom. And special thanks to Dr. Cobb
and the entire staff of the clinic for being there right
along with the rest of those who wanted the best
for Tom over the years. Thank you one and all!

Tom believed in God as do I and his family.
We know that he is now reunited with other loved
ones, his parents and mine. Once more he
he is with little Rose Ann, the sister who could
charm a smile from all whom she met. And he is
seeing his sister, Gail who is also in a place of peace.
He is whole, and well once more and not suffering,
struggling to breathe and walk even short distances.

Tom was a loving friend and my companion for
thirty-eight years. We shared sad times, happy times,
good times and hard times, and we stayed together.
Marriages are not made in heaven, but survive
through the hard work of both people.
Valentine's Day was special to us, because on that
day our daughter was born, a gift from God
and one that loved her Dad very much.
Together she and I will go forward, and share the good
memories and remember that even on his worse days
Tom loved her very much. And she in turn loved her
"Moddy" and will always carry him in her heart.

Our thanks to each of you and may the love
that you have shown Penny and me come back
to you ten fold. Our love always and may you
forever walk in Peace and in Sunshine.
God's Blessings to all of you,

Rosie and Penny

Thomas Edward "Bud" Webb
August 29, 1937 -- June 5, 1999
The fisherman has gone home.

Thomas Edward Webb, August 29, 1937 was born in the
community of Fountainbleau, Ocean Springs, MS.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard Webb of
Bay St. Louis, MS and his mother, Rosa Mae Cook
Moe of Vancleave, MS; two sisters, Rose Ann Webb and
Gail L. Oliver of Bay St. Louis, MS; his mother-in-law,
Ella Mae Callahan of Houma, LA and
father-in-law, W.J. "Dee" Callahan of Gray, LA, and
step mother-in-law, Ailene Romero Landry Callahan.

He was a 1956 graduate of Bay St. Louis High School, a
veteran of the USAF and on medical disability from
Ingalls Shipbuilding. He was Superintendent of Sheetmetal.

He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Rose Callahan Webb
and one daughter, Penny Ann Webb, both of Ocean Springs;
his second father, Lonnie E. Moe of Vancleave;
his sister, Jo Ann Lutes and brother-in-law, Lynn
Lutes of Vancleave; a brother, Barlin E. Webb, Sr. and
sister-in-law, Susan Webb of Biloxi; his brother,
Howard L. Webb and sister-in-law, Barbara Webb of Sand
Springs, OK; his step-mother, Mildred Mioton Webb;
his sister-in-law, Margaret Kimbril
and brother-in-law, Doyle Kimbril of Boaz, AL;
many loving nieces and nephews, cousins, Aunts and Uncles.

He is Interred at D'Iberville Memorial Park,
D'Iberville (North Biloxi) MS

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