May 23, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
Thomas Hunt Webb, a resident of Smithville, will graduate Saturday, May 26 from The Webb School.
He enrolled in ninth grade at Webb in 2014. While at Webb, he was a member of the cross-country and football teams. He has also been involved as a prefect for three years to boarding students. Thomas has made the Honor Roll all four years, Vice President of Student Council, and Homecoming football king Senior year. Thomas just earned his Eagle Scout Award; the highest achievement attainable in Boy Scouts of America. Thomas is the son of Alan and Lora Webb. Thomas plans to attend Belmont University and major in Bio Chemistry and Molecular Biology with a minor in Spanish.
The Webb School is a private co-educational college preparatory boarding and day school in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, founded in 1870. It has been called the oldest continuously operating boarding school in the South. Under founder Sawney Webb’s leadership, the school produced more Rhodes Scholars than any other secondary school in the United States.