{"id":1576,"date":"2016-08-15T17:52:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T17:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2022-07-13T09:02:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:02:20","slug":"why-were-here-roy-webb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We’re Here: Roy Webb"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Roy Webb married his beautiful bride,\u00a0Millie<\/a>, in the 60\u2019s.\u00a0 Just like many typical Americans, they had big plans and dreams for their future.\u00a0 By the summer of 1971, they were the ecstatic parents of a beautiful 4-year-old little girl,\u00a0Lori<\/a>, with another on the way.<\/p>\n\n

Roy had been through this before, so he was happy to oblige when his 7-months pregnant wife began craving peaches.\u00a0 He bought her a bushel, but forgot them at work.\u00a0 So they loaded up the family on August 14, 1971, including their 19-month-old nephew,\u00a0Mitch<\/a>, and headed out.\u00a0\u00a0 Roy loved cars and was very proud of his fully restored 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air.\u00a0 It was a good day spent with family.\u00a0 But, on the way home, their lives changed in a matter of seconds.<\/p>\n\n

A drinking driver rear-ended the car causing the gas tank to burst into flames.\u00a0 The car flipped.\u00a0 Millie, Lori, and Mitch were thrown from the vehicle.\u00a0 But as it toppled over them, flames spewed all over their bodies.\u00a0 When the car came to a stop, Roy managed to get out and ran to help them.\u00a0 Frantically, he went from one to another, desperately trying to extinguish the flames from their burning bodies using his bare hands.\u00a0 Mitch sustained burns to 90% of his body. Lori and Millie each had burns to 75% of theirs.<\/p>\n\n

Roy suffered burns to 45% of his hands and arms and had to have pins placed in both hands due to the flesh being completely removed.\u00a0 He was in the hospital for two months struggling to fight off infection and other life-threatening complications.\u00a0 Despite his valiant efforts, both Lori and Mitch died from their injuries.\u00a0 He never got to attend the funerals or even say goodbye.<\/p>\n\n

\"\"
Millie\u2019s dad, Captain of the local fire department, did not even recognize his own child\u2019s car at the scene. He didn\u2019t know the injured family who had been sent to the hospital was his, until Dispatch alerted him on the way back to the firehouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
\"\"
Roy with Lori on her last vacation with the family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roy Webb married his beautiful bride,\u00a0Millie, in the 60\u2019s.\u00a0 Just like many typical Americans, they had big plans and dreams for their future.\u00a0 By the summer of 1971, they were… Continue reading Why We’re Here: Roy Webb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,11],"tags":[4,6,7,8,10],"class_list":["post-1576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-victim-stories","category-why-were-here","tag-nomorevictimstn","tag-drunk-driving","tag-impaired-driving","tag-tennessee-victims","tag-voices-of-victims","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhy We're Here: Roy Webb - Affiliate Tennessee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why We're Here: Roy Webb - Affiliate Tennessee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Roy Webb married his beautiful bride,\u00a0Millie, in the 60\u2019s.\u00a0 Just like many typical Americans, they had big plans and dreams for their future.\u00a0 By the summer of 1971, they were… Continue reading Why We’re Here: Roy Webb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Affiliate Tennessee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-15T17:52:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-13T09:02:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/08\/2015-06-23-09.22.39-Millie-Webb-wedding-photo-300x300-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"connecticut\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"connecticut\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"connecticut\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#\/schema\/person\/6512c7f91552910fb8e22fcdbb4f902a\"},\"headline\":\"Why We’re Here: Roy Webb\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-15T17:52:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-13T09:02:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/\"},\"wordCount\":361,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/08\/2015-06-23-09.22.39-Millie-Webb-wedding-photo-300x300-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"#NoMoreVictimsTN\",\"Drunk Driving\",\"Impaired Driving\",\"Tennessee Victims\",\"Voices of Victims\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog_Posts\",\"Victim Stories\",\"Why We're Here\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/\",\"name\":\"Why We're Here: Roy Webb - Affiliate Tennessee\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/08\/2015-06-23-09.22.39-Millie-Webb-wedding-photo-300x300-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-15T17:52:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-13T09:02:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/08\/2015-06-23-09.22.39-Millie-Webb-wedding-photo-300x300-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/08\/2015-06-23-09.22.39-Millie-Webb-wedding-photo-300x300-1.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why We’re Here: Roy Webb\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/\",\"name\":\"Affiliate Tennessee\",\"description\":\"Affiliate Tennesseer MADD site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Affiliate Tennessee\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/11\/MADD_Tennessee_LogoLockup_White_Red-175w.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/11\/MADD_Tennessee_LogoLockup_White_Red-175w.png\",\"width\":175,\"height\":91,\"caption\":\"Affiliate Tennessee\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#\/schema\/person\/6512c7f91552910fb8e22fcdbb4f902a\",\"name\":\"connecticut\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49e4b34f22afeb1ba926f1446036ab586b4e0f295c5570753c5cbd760d67a536?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49e4b34f22afeb1ba926f1446036ab586b4e0f295c5570753c5cbd760d67a536?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"connecticut\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/author\/connecticut\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why We're Here: Roy Webb - Affiliate Tennessee","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why We're Here: Roy Webb - Affiliate Tennessee","og_description":"Roy Webb married his beautiful bride,\u00a0Millie, in the 60\u2019s.\u00a0 Just like many typical Americans, they had big plans and dreams for their future.\u00a0 By the summer of 1971, they were… Continue reading Why We’re Here: Roy Webb","og_url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/","og_site_name":"Affiliate Tennessee","article_published_time":"2016-08-15T17:52:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-13T09:02:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/08\/2015-06-23-09.22.39-Millie-Webb-wedding-photo-300x300-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"connecticut","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"connecticut","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/"},"author":{"name":"connecticut","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#\/schema\/person\/6512c7f91552910fb8e22fcdbb4f902a"},"headline":"Why We’re Here: Roy Webb","datePublished":"2016-08-15T17:52:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-13T09:02:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/"},"wordCount":361,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/08\/2015-06-23-09.22.39-Millie-Webb-wedding-photo-300x300-1.jpg","keywords":["#NoMoreVictimsTN","Drunk Driving","Impaired Driving","Tennessee Victims","Voices of Victims"],"articleSection":["Blog_Posts","Victim Stories","Why We're Here"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/","url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/","name":"Why We're Here: Roy Webb - Affiliate Tennessee","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/08\/2015-06-23-09.22.39-Millie-Webb-wedding-photo-300x300-1.jpg","datePublished":"2016-08-15T17:52:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-13T09:02:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/08\/2015-06-23-09.22.39-Millie-Webb-wedding-photo-300x300-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2016\/08\/2015-06-23-09.22.39-Millie-Webb-wedding-photo-300x300-1.jpg","width":300,"height":300},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/why-were-here-roy-webb\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why We’re Here: Roy Webb"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#website","url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/","name":"Affiliate Tennessee","description":"Affiliate Tennesseer MADD site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#organization","name":"Affiliate Tennessee","url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/11\/MADD_Tennessee_LogoLockup_White_Red-175w.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/11\/MADD_Tennessee_LogoLockup_White_Red-175w.png","width":175,"height":91,"caption":"Affiliate Tennessee"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#\/schema\/person\/6512c7f91552910fb8e22fcdbb4f902a","name":"connecticut","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49e4b34f22afeb1ba926f1446036ab586b4e0f295c5570753c5cbd760d67a536?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49e4b34f22afeb1ba926f1446036ab586b4e0f295c5570753c5cbd760d67a536?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"connecticut"},"url":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/author\/connecticut\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}