James Larry Webb

(May 18, 1945 ~ January 1, 2025)

Larry, son of Aaron Bruce Webb and Bessie Mildred McIver, married to Sherryl Christine Moore.  Cremation was chosen.  Larry attended South Taylor School District in Tuscola from 1st grade through 6th grade and graduated from Winters High School in 1963.

Larry Webb died at age 79 on his property in Moro, Texas. He cares deeply for the Moro community, and for years made a point of weekly visits with many friends for the sharing of support, news, and happenings. If you needed someone to take care of your pets or farm animals while you were on a trip, you just let Larry know. In everything he does, there is integrity, strength, and loyalty, but he definitely has a stubborn, opinionated streak, and would sure share those opinions with you if you hit on the right topic.

Throughout Larry’s life he has been many things:  son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, local historian, amateur archeologist and artifact collector, occasional self-proclaimed attorney, farmer, fire chief, architect, engineer, and soldier, to name just a few. He is a very proud author, and even now his three books (“From Moro to Bluff Creek:  An Autobiography”; “Toyah Medicine Woman of Bluff Creek”; and “The Bears of Moro”) can be found on Amazon.com. He is the fourth generation of his family to live in Moro, and he is followed closely by two additional generations, the strong women who are his legacy, his daughters and grand-daughters. Much of this obituary refers to Larry in the present tense because his girls will have it no other way. He is alive and well in the hearts and lives of all who knew him.

Larry Webb was born in Winters, Texas on May 18th, 1945. He attended South Taylor School in Tuscola, and graduated from Winters High School in Winters, Texas in 1963, before studying engineering at the University of Texas in Austin. He met and married his wife, Sherryl, in 1966. He was later drafted into the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam as an Airborne Ranger, receiving various medals including the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. After leaving the military, Larry and Sherryl built a house in the Moro community and moved back home with their young daughters. Larry worked as a farmer and an engineer in Abilene, Texas for Tippet & Gee Engineering firm, and later for Dyess Air Force Base. He may have worked “in town”, but his heart has always been out on the farm. 

James Larry Webb is preceded in death by his parents, Bruce and Bessie Webb; brother, Tommy Webb; and his beloved granddaughter, Kelsey Webb. Kelsey’s loss in 2016 at the age of 20 was a deep wound for the entire family, and it is a comfort to know they are together once again. They are probably hunting arrowheads while he makes up (greatly exaggerated) stories and sings “Saginaw, Michigan” and Heehaw’s “Pfft You Were Gone”. Larry is survived by his wife, Sherryl Webb; his daughters, Telitha Webb and Lauri Webb; his granddaughters, Kenzie Webb and Sheyann Gadberry; his brother, Bill Webb; and his sister, Mary Webb.

At Larry’s long-time request, he will be cremated and there will be no formal memorial service. Instead, friends and family will be invited for one more “Coffee with Larry” in the Fellowship Hall at Moro Baptist Church. It will be a small, informal get-together for visiting and sharing stories on Saturday, January 18 at 9:30am. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you consider a donation to the Bluff Creek Cemetery Trust at Happy State Bank. Larry has had a life-long commitment to participating in the caretaking of his community cemetery.