NAACP AWARD IS SURPRISE TO RECIPIENT

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 23, 1992                   TAG: 9201240369
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-9   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES NORTH CORRESPONDENT
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NAACP AWARD IS SURPRISE TO RECIPIENT
When Linda Webb moved to Roanoke from her home in Franklin County in 1985, she says, she saw some things that needed to be done in the community and thought the NAACP would be a good way to do them.
About four years ago, she joined the Roanoke branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and soon was pitching in wherever she was needed.
Last year, in addition to being treasurer, Webb headed both the organization's Martin Luther King Day celebration and Life Membership banquet and worked on coordinating its Jubilee Day celebration.
She also worked to put together this year's Martin Luther King Day festivities.
On the first day of 1992, Webb's contributions were formally recognized. At its annual Freedom Day celebration, Webb received the NAACP's Support Award.
"I was really surprised," Webb says. "I've done a lot, but I felt like there were others who deserved it more."
She says she finds it challenging to coordinate events because it involves working with so many different personalities.
"It requires a lot of patience and tact," she says. "But I'm basically a patient person, and I enjoy it."
Webb also gets to practice patience and tact in her job as a buyer for Gardner-Denver Mining and Construction and in her memberships in the Purchasing Management Association, American Business Women's Association and High Street Baptist Church.
She says she spends most of her free time traveling, shopping or visiting her parents, Tommy and Virginia Webb, in Franklin County.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB