Lucy McGill Cummings

Lucy McGill Cummings Webster

96, of Monroe, Louisiana, died at home on May 29, 2008. Funeral services will be held at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Monroe at 10:00 a.m. on June 2, 2008, with the Reverend Bruce Rux officiating. A grave side service and interment will take place at the Prairie Grove Cemetery in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, at 10:00 a.m. on June 3, 2008 with the Reverend John King officiating.

Born in the family home in Prairie Grove on October 13, 1911, she graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1934. In 1937, she married Dr. William Harrell Webster; and they moved to Monroe in 1948.

A devoted daughter, sister, wife and mother, she was also actively involved, until her death, in the lives of her grandchildren and their wives and her great-grandchildren whom she dearly loved.

She was an active member of First Presbyterian Church, prior to moving to Montgomery, Alabama. Upon returning to Monroe, she joined Covenant Presbyterian Church, where she remained a faithful member until her death.

Mrs. Webster was a member of the Monroe Garden Club, the Ouachita Parish Medical Alliance, the Monroe Symphony League, the Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club, the English Speaking Union, the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Magna Charta Dames. She served as President of the Pelican Girl Scout Council and was also a member of the Society of St. Joseph and the Daughters of the American Colonists.

She loved to travel and enjoyed, until her death, playing bridge with friends.

She will be remembered as a woman of faith, a person who never complained, a loyal friend, a loving caregiver, a chauffeur to many until she was 93, and a phenomenal cook.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Hugh Douglas Cummings and Mary Rebecca (Bess) Cummings; her husband, Dr. William Harrell Webster; her brother, Judge Lincoln Maupin Cummings; her sister, Emilie Bell; and her infant granddaughter, Mary Thomas Richardson.

She is survived by her daughter, Mary Elizabeth Richardson, of Monroe, Louisiana; two grandsons and their wives, John and Jill Richardson, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Edward and Lisa Richardson, of Atlanta, Georgia; great-grandchildren, Jesse Benjamine James, Grace Eliza Richardson and Lucy Jean Richardson of Baton Rouge; sisters, Mary Jongeward and Roberta Tucker, of Rogers, Arkansas; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Memorials may be made to the memorial fund of First Presbyterian Church - P.O. Box 1127 - Prairie Grove, AR 72753.