HEBB, Lawson Rochester

The Prescott Courier, Prescott Arizona Monday, February 14, 1938 Lawson Hebb Passes Away And Arizonan since 1892, Lawson R. Hebb died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday in his seventy third year at the family residence at 420 S. Cortez St. His can people on both sides of the family were well and prominently known. Archibald Yell, his grandfather, reigned as governor of Arkansas to fight in the Mexican war. He was killed at Buena Vista, still lies buried in the state Capitol grounds at Little Rock. The Prescott man's father, Col. George Vernon Hebb, a native of Maryland, held an important government posts in Washington, D. C., for years. He also fought in the Mexican war, as a result of which he lost his right eye. An awful, Clement Hebb, was a naval officer. L. R. Hebb was born in Mulberry Village, Lincoln county, Tenn., the year the Civil War ended, 1865, and upon growing to manhood became a locomotive engineer, and occupation, the training for which, served him well when he came to Arizona 45 years ago, after being in Denver a few months, for he was stationary engineer for a number of years under George P. Harrington at the Crown King mine and later for a longer period at the DeSoto mine at Middleton. Afterward, he was engineer at the Crystal Ice & Fuel company until the plant change over from steam to electricity. He was married in Alabama on May 13, 1898. The widow, Mrs. Lucy Hebb, survives, as also does a son, Gwin, who is a mechanic in the in employ of Charles G. Riebeling, Prescott automobile dealer. Other survivors are a brother, George Vernon Hebb of Wilsonville, Ala., now more than 80 years of age; Bertha Y. Hebb, who is in the government service in Washington, D. C., and has been for over 50 years; and an invalid sister, Sally H. Hebb, who also reside in Wilsonville. Hebb never was a well man. For the last three years he had to stay in the house most of the time. Two years ago April 1 he became so ill he had to go to bed for six months. At that time his physicians could not see much hope for him. All this winter he has been practically helpless. It has been years since he weighed more than 90 pounds. Uremic poisoning and asthma combined to cause his death. Though he did not belong to any church, he considered himself an Episcopalian because of Mrs. Hebb’s affiliation with that church. Consequently, the Rev. Marshall E. Travers of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church will officiate at services, which are scheduled for three o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Lester Ruffner Funeral Home. Burial will take place in Mountain View cemetery.