TESSIE WEBB 1899-1985 West Van Lear resident, Tessie Burke Wells Webb, 86, died April 29 1985, in Paul B. Hall Medical Center. Mrs. Webb was born March 9 1899, in Johnson County, a daughter of Grant and Addie Clifton Burke. She was a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by two husbands, John Colvin Wells, 1937, and Jake Webb, 1980. Surviving are a son, Denzil Wells, Leesville, SC.; three daughters, Racine Howard and Grandaline McFaddin of Paintsville, and Doris McFaddin of Springfield, Ohio; four brothers, Robert and Walter Burke of Van Lear and Richard and Estill Burke of Wabash, Ind.; a sister, Lena Birchfield, of Aflex,KY.; ten grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held May 3 in Jones-Preston Funeral Home Chapel with Curtis Tussey and Bill Cantrell officiating. Burial was in the Wells-Collins Cemetery at Van Lear.
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