Mary Elizabeth Comer Webster was an American political consultant and Democratic strategist. She managed the Rockingham County and Alamance County campaign offices for Congressman L. Richardson Preyer and served as a national delegate to the 1980 Democratic National Convention. In 1995, she was elected as First Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic Party's Rockingham County Executive Committee.

James Jefferson Webster Sr. was an American businessman, farmer, and politician. He owned a dairy and tobacco farm, tobacco warehouses, a general store, and co-ran a car dealership in Rockingham County, North Carolina. A Democrat, Webster served as a Rockingham County commissioner for ten years. As a county commissioner, he played a role in the development of North Carolina Highway 135, which was posthumously named after him, and worked on the gubernatorial campaign of W. Kerr Scott.