Eloise Garner Webb

June 21, 1925 - April 12, 2018

Eloise Garner Webb, age 92, after living briefly in Frankfort, Kentucky, died on Thursday, April 12, 2018, while in Hospice care at Frankfort Regional Medical Center. She was born June 21, 1925, at Wheeler, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her parents, Obediah and Essie Miller Garner; and by her younger sister, Anne Garner Sarff. She was first married to her high school sweetheart, J.T. Walden, for a few months prior to his death on the beaches of Italy in World War II. Five years later, she married James E. Webb, Jr., in Jackson, Tennessee and they were married 43 years until his death in 1991. She attended Memphis State University and later became an L.P.N. She served as President of the Western District of Tennessee LPN Association. She worked 40 years in hospitals in Jackson, Tennessee; Jackson, Mississippi; and Booneville, Mississippi. She was well known for her style of piano playing and played 20 years for the Saturday night singing at the Jackson House in Paducah, Kentucky. One week before her death, she entertained her fellow residents at Bradford Square Skilled Nursing Facility in Frankfort. She often played comical songs of her own. She is survived by her daughter, Pat Webb Smith, and husband Rev. Richard P. Smith who most recently resided in Memphis, Tennessee; two grandchildren, Leanne Scott (Adam) of Frankfort and Clay Smith of Nashville, Tennessee. She was also the proud great grandmother of Grayson and Asher Scott. She has a brother, Newton Garner (Ruby) in Olive Branch, Mississippi. John Michael Garner and Andy Garner are nephews in Memphis, Tennessee; and Lynn Webb Page is a niece in Jackson, Tennessee. A graveside service is planned for Saturday, May 5, at 2 p.m. at Ridgecrest Cemetery in Jackson, Tennessee. The service will be led by Dr. David Comperry and Dr. Sky McCracken. Memorial gifts can be sent to Broadway United Methodist Church in Paducah, Kentucky; 701 Broadway St., 42001.; where Eloise was an active and faithful member for 21 years.