Funeral services for Millard Allan Webb, 78, of Dimmitt, will be at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) at the First United Methodist Church of Dimmitt. Rev. Rusty Dickerson, pastor, and Rev. Vernon O'Kelly, former pastor of the local church, will officiate. Burial will follow in Castro Memorial Gardens. Mr. Webb died Tuesday, Jan. 19, at Plains Memorial Hospital. Born June 8, 1920, to George and Vera Webb on the family farm southeast of Dimmitt, he graduated from Dimmitt High School in 1937 and attended Texas Technological College. He started taking flying lessons in 1939, while a student at Tech. He attended Cadet School, and a month after the bombing of Pear Harbor, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps.
He was a flight instructor at bases at Albuquerque and Roswell, N.M., Denver, Colo, Homestead, Fla., and Reno, Nev., until mid-1944, when he was assigned to Sookerating, India. From July 1944 until October 1945 he was involved in one of the most famous flying missions of World War II, flying supplies, food and material over the "Hump" from India over Burma to China. He flew 100 round trips in 15 months, piloting a C-46 cargo plan. He was the deputy commander of the Air Corps facility at Sook, India, when the war ended. He was discharged in late 1945 as a lieutenant colonel. He remained active pilot for 49 years.
He married Peggy Traylor on June 8, 1946, in Dallas. She preceded him in death in April 1997. He was engaged in farming and ranching here from 1946 until his retirement. He was active in many civic and professional organizations. He served on the governing boards of the Dimmitt Independent School District, the First United Methodist Church, the Dimmitt Chamber of Commerce and the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. He was president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1964, and also served a term as chairman of the State ASCS Committee. He was one the organizers and charter board members of the Castro County Migrant Housing Project when it was built here in the 1960s. He is survived by two daughters, Kristi Edwards of Lubbock and A'llan Bradley of Dimmitt; a son, John Webb of Amarillo; a sister, Mary Jean Copeland of Lake Kiowa, Texas, and eight grandchildren. Source: Castro County News, Dimmitt, Texas of 21 Jan 1999.
He was a flight instructor at bases at Albuquerque and Roswell, N.M., Denver, Colo, Homestead, Fla., and Reno, Nev., until mid-1944, when he was assigned to Sookerating, India. From July 1944 until October 1945 he was involved in one of the most famous flying missions of World War II, flying supplies, food and material over the "Hump" from India over Burma to China. He flew 100 round trips in 15 months, piloting a C-46 cargo plan. He was the deputy commander of the Air Corps facility at Sook, India, when the war ended. He was discharged in late 1945 as a lieutenant colonel. He remained active pilot for 49 years.
He married Peggy Traylor on June 8, 1946, in Dallas. She preceded him in death in April 1997. He was engaged in farming and ranching here from 1946 until his retirement. He was active in many civic and professional organizations. He served on the governing boards of the Dimmitt Independent School District, the First United Methodist Church, the Dimmitt Chamber of Commerce and the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. He was president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1964, and also served a term as chairman of the State ASCS Committee. He was one the organizers and charter board members of the Castro County Migrant Housing Project when it was built here in the 1960s. He is survived by two daughters, Kristi Edwards of Lubbock and A'llan Bradley of Dimmitt; a son, John Webb of Amarillo; a sister, Mary Jean Copeland of Lake Kiowa, Texas, and eight grandchildren. Source: Castro County News, Dimmitt, Texas of 21 Jan 1999.
Funeral services for Millard Allan Webb, 78, of Dimmitt, will be at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) at the First United Methodist Church of Dimmitt. Rev. Rusty Dickerson, pastor, and Rev. Vernon O'Kelly, former pastor of the local church, will officiate. Burial will follow in Castro Memorial Gardens. Mr. Webb died Tuesday, Jan. 19, at Plains Memorial Hospital. Born June 8, 1920, to George and Vera Webb on the family farm southeast of Dimmitt, he graduated from Dimmitt High School in 1937 and attended Texas Technological College. He started taking flying lessons in 1939, while a student at Tech. He attended Cadet School, and a month after the bombing of Pear Harbor, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps.
He was a flight instructor at bases at Albuquerque and Roswell, N.M., Denver, Colo, Homestead, Fla., and Reno, Nev., until mid-1944, when he was assigned to Sookerating, India. From July 1944 until October 1945 he was involved in one of the most famous flying missions of World War II, flying supplies, food and material over the "Hump" from India over Burma to China. He flew 100 round trips in 15 months, piloting a C-46 cargo plan. He was the deputy commander of the Air Corps facility at Sook, India, when the war ended. He was discharged in late 1945 as a lieutenant colonel. He remained active pilot for 49 years.
He married Peggy Traylor on June 8, 1946, in Dallas. She preceded him in death in April 1997. He was engaged in farming and ranching here from 1946 until his retirement. He was active in many civic and professional organizations. He served on the governing boards of the Dimmitt Independent School District, the First United Methodist Church, the Dimmitt Chamber of Commerce and the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. He was president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1964, and also served a term as chairman of the State ASCS Committee. He was one the organizers and charter board members of the Castro County Migrant Housing Project when it was built here in the 1960s. He is survived by two daughters, Kristi Edwards of Lubbock and A'llan Bradley of Dimmitt; a son, John Webb of Amarillo; a sister, Mary Jean Copeland of Lake Kiowa, Texas, and eight grandchildren. Source: Castro County News, Dimmitt, Texas of 21 Jan 1999.
He was a flight instructor at bases at Albuquerque and Roswell, N.M., Denver, Colo, Homestead, Fla., and Reno, Nev., until mid-1944, when he was assigned to Sookerating, India. From July 1944 until October 1945 he was involved in one of the most famous flying missions of World War II, flying supplies, food and material over the "Hump" from India over Burma to China. He flew 100 round trips in 15 months, piloting a C-46 cargo plan. He was the deputy commander of the Air Corps facility at Sook, India, when the war ended. He was discharged in late 1945 as a lieutenant colonel. He remained active pilot for 49 years.
He married Peggy Traylor on June 8, 1946, in Dallas. She preceded him in death in April 1997. He was engaged in farming and ranching here from 1946 until his retirement. He was active in many civic and professional organizations. He served on the governing boards of the Dimmitt Independent School District, the First United Methodist Church, the Dimmitt Chamber of Commerce and the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. He was president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1964, and also served a term as chairman of the State ASCS Committee. He was one the organizers and charter board members of the Castro County Migrant Housing Project when it was built here in the 1960s. He is survived by two daughters, Kristi Edwards of Lubbock and A'llan Bradley of Dimmitt; a son, John Webb of Amarillo; a sister, Mary Jean Copeland of Lake Kiowa, Texas, and eight grandchildren. Source: Castro County News, Dimmitt, Texas of 21 Jan 1999.
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