Letta Louise “Jimmie” Webb of Pea Ridge, Arkansas passed away peacefully on October 1, 2025. She was born on October 31, 1924 to Albert A. and Pearl Eddington Cooper on a farm north of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. She graduated from Pea Ridge High School in 1941 and married Wilson C. Webb on September 27, 1941. Jimmie worked as city and school librarian in Pea Ridge, then later as a clerk at the Pea Ridge Post Office until 1947 when their son was born. She was a mother and homemaker until 1961 when she entered cosmetology school where she completed requirements and passed the state board exam. She opened Jimmie’s Beauty Shop in 1962 and continued providing services there for 43 years until her retirement in 2005 at the age of 81. After enjoying 19 years of retirement, due to failing health, she became a resident of Village on the Park Assisted Living, then later at Innisfree Health and Rehabilitation.
For her 100th birthday, she was honored with a large gathering of family and friends, including the Pea Ridge Fire Department and several police officers, and she was presented a Key to the City by Mayor Nathan See.
Jimmie served as secretary-treasurer of the Pea Ridge Cemetery Board for 50 years. She was a member of the Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church in Pea Ridge, where she had served as a Sunday School teacher, elder and Clerk of Session.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and siblings: Laura Martin of Wichita, Kansas; Earl Cooper of Forsyth, Missouri; and Iola Poe of Rogers, Arkansas.
She is survived by her son, James “David” Webb and his wife Jane, of Rogers; step-grandchildren Allison Jackson and her husband Trent of Springfield, Missouri and Punta Gorda, Florida, and Michael Scott and his wife Kristi of Edmond, Oklahoma; step-great-grandchildren Andrew and Lincoln Scott of Edmond; and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 7 at 2:00 pm at Sisco Funeral Home, 1312 N. Curtis Avenue in Pea Ridge, with the Reverend John Arnold officiating. The family will be present at 1:00 to receive attendees.
Pallbearers are Andrew Scott, Lincoln Scott, Rick Webb, Doug McKinney, Jim Walker, and Wesley Hardy. Honorary pallbearers are Wesley Henson, Ronald Bray, JW Jordan, Steve Jordan, and Jim Cheek.
The family wishes to thank Village on the Park Assisted Living, Innisfree Long Term Care, and Circle of Life Hospice for your compassion and loving care over the past year.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Circle of Life Hospice; 816 Metro Place; Lowell, AR 72745.
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