Billy Glen Webber

Billy Glen Webber passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2013 after a six year battle with lymphoma complicated at the end by pneumonia. He was the youngest of eight children. He was born in Thayer, MO on March 13, 1930 to Oscar Sheridan Webber and wife, Nora. His five brothers, two sisters and first wife preceded him in death. He is survived by his second wife of thirteen years, Lois Webber; his two sons, Dr. Joel Webber and Dr. John Webber; nine grandchildren, ages 2 - 19 years; and three stepchildren, Terry Ausmus, Connie Jones and Carol Hahn. Billy lived his early life in the Thayer, MO area. His family moved to California when he was a sophomore in high school and he graduated from Canoga Park High School, CA in 1948 and immediately joined the Navy. He served in the Navy for seven years, where he learned to fly. After leaving the Navy, he was hired by Eastern Airlines as a flight engineer on the Lockheed Electra. He left Eastern Airlines in 1962. He married Freda Lumpkin on May 11, 1963 in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Shortly afterwards, he took a job flying the Boeing 727 with Southern Air Transport based in Japan. While there, he and Freda adopted twin Japanese boys from the Holy Family Home in Osaka, Japan. As the Vietnam War wound down in the early 1970s, Billy left Tokyo, Japan and moved his family back to Missouri and temporarily quit flying. He bought an apartment building and laundromat in Springfield, MO in 1970. He was self-employed running these businesses for the next seven years. In 1978, he took a job with an air freight cargo company, Zantop International Airlines. He moved his family to Warner Robins, GA. He flew again as a flight engineer on Lockheed Electras for the next several years flying logair contracts for the military until he lost his medical because of insulin requiring diabetes mellitus. After he quit flying, he transferred to Zantop’s Michigan headquarters in Ypsilanti and continued on with Zantop as a mechanic until his retirement. After the passage of his first wife in 1995, he remarried in 2000 to Lois Ausmus. They lived in Florida and most recently Georgia. He and his wife Lois moved to Covington, GA in 2006 and he resided there until his death. He was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ. He and his first wife Freda met at the Fair Lawn Church of Christ. While living in Japan, they would have to have worship services at their home since there were no such churches in Japan. He was a member of the church in Springfield, MO; Warner Robins, GA; Romulus, MI and Deland, FL. He was finally a member of the Rockdale Church of Christ. Funeral services for Billy Webber will be Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Scot Ward's Green Meadow Chapel. Visitation will be held Monday night from 6:00 PM until 8:30 PM at the funeral home. His remains will subsequently be taken to Detroit, MI with final burial at Hillside Cemetery in Belleville, MI beside his first wife. Scot Ward Funeral Services, 699 American Legion Rd., Conyers, GA 30012, 770-483-7216.

Billy Glen Webber

March 13, 1930 - May 11, 2013