Webb, Charles Edwin
Birth: Thursday, January 17, 1946
Residence: California, Maryland Death: Sunday, August 09, 2015 at the age of 69 Condolences: Click to View or Post |
![]() Charles "Chuck" Edwin Webb, 69, California, MD left this world due to a stroke on August 9, 2015 for a place better than we all can imagine. He was born to Desyl Lockwood Webb and Henry Edwin Webb, Charlottesville VA. He graduated Senior Class President at Fluvanna County High School ('64). He was a member of Palmyra Methodist Church.
He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a BS in Aeronautical Engineering ('68) and the US Naval Test Pilot School, Class 53 ('69) followed by a career with the Naval Air Base at Patuxent River MD. He was selected Outstanding Test Project Engineer of the Year, received the John E. Burdette Award by the Society of Engineers and Scientists, the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, and was awarded national recognition for the Kelly Johnson Award displayed within the Smithsonian Institute Air and Space Museum. He was honored to have his name added to a test pilot plane on display at the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. Charles is survived by his wife of 37 years, Nancy Shahan Webb from Grafton WV; a brother Kenneth O. Webb and several nieces and nephews; Diane Hanna, William Webb, Robert Webb, Patricia Webb, Christy Vineyard, Kathryn Webb-Farley, Cimmie Lynne Shahan, Frank Sandor III, Kristine Sandor, and Della Nicole Sandor. Viewing will be at Sheridan Funeral Home, Saturday, August 15th, 4626 Cedar Lane Road, Kent Store, VA from 7:00 to 8:00. Graveside services, officiated by Rev. George Gorman, will be Sunday, August 16th at Antioch Baptist Cemetery, 4422 Antioch Road, Scottsville, VA at 3 pm. A memorial service will be held at the end of August in Maryland. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum in his name, 22156 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park, Maryland 20653. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A. |