JOHN WEBB STORMS
07/13/1944 - 10/24/2022
Husband, Dad, Daddy, Baba, brother, father-in-law, brother-in-law, friend, born July 13, 1944 in Washington D.C., passed away peacefully with family by his side on October 24, 2022 in Houston, Texas. John truly cherished his family and friends. He was married to the love of his life, Charlene, for 57 years, who he adored since the 6th grade. He loved being a girl daddy to his two daughters, Shannon and Collyne Ann. He was a super proud Baba to Will Peters, John Hayden, Colester (Cole), Brynn Marie and Garrett Webb. He enjoyed nothing better than to be surrounded by those he loved as he was always the center of attention and life of the party. John lived most of his life in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Spring Branch
High School, and then The University of Texas in Austin with a business degree. Hook Em Horns!! He received his Masters in Tax in New York City and began his career as a tax CPA, eventually forming Storms, Werlein and Harris and then Storms & Critz , with trust and help from the Walter Mischer and Howard Terry families. He was also a co-founder of Becks Prime. John had an incredibly generous heart. His passions included Child Advocates (“One child at a time”), the Terry Foundation providing college scholarships to deserving students, the Chapelwood Foundation, and many more. John is preceded in death by his parents, Marie and Louis Storms, his in-laws, Dub and Trixie Butler, his brotherin-law Cary Butler, and his son-in-law Joseph Smeraldi. He is survived by his wife, Charlene Storms, his daughters Shannon Peters (Norm), and Collyne Roe (Kevin), his grandchildren Will, Hayden and Brynn Peters, and Cole and Garrett Smeraldi. John is also survived by his brother Louis Storms (Pam), sister Sally Storms, his brothers-inlaw Dale Butler (Jackie), and Dean Butler (Mary K), and numerous nieces and nephews, extended family, and many close friends. Friends are cordially invited to gather with the family and share remembrances of John during a Memorial reception to be held from 4:00 to 6:30 pm, with a short service beginning at 4:30, on Thursday, November 17 at Lakeside Country Club, 100 Wilcrest in Houston. In lieu of customary remembrances, please consider memorial contributions in John’s honor to Child Advocates, Houston Hospice on Holcombe, M.D. Anderson, or Chapelwood United Methodist Church Foundation. We all know that John is now teaching the angels how to gator to “Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog.”