Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jessup, J.L. May 14, 1918
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The Butler Herald, May 16, 1918
The Butler Herald
Thursday, May 16, 1918
Page One

Jessup and Cobb Victims Auto-Train Crash at Macon

Macon, Ga., May 15 – J.L. Jessup, Macon’s fuel administrator, and J.J. Cobb, his
business partner in the insurance, real estate and loan business at No. 411
Broadway, were fatally injured at 7:20 o’clock last night when a Ford car in
which they were riding and a Central of Georgia passenger train ran together at
the Telfair street crossing.

Both men were taken to the Williams Sanatorium, where at 11 o’clock Mr. Cobb
died.  Mr. Jessup died at 11:15 p.m.

Mr. Jessup’s injuries were about the head and the spine.  He was unconscious
when taken to the sanatorium and died, not regaining consciousness.

A close examination of Mr. Cobb’s body showed that he had several fractured ribs
and his right leg just below the knee was broken.  He was able to talk at 9:30
o’clock and recognized his wife at his bedside.  His first words were an inquiry
as to the safety of Mr. Jessup.  He also expressed concern for the negro boy who
was in the car with them.

As to just how that accident happened is not known.  Mr. Jessup was at the wheel
of the Ford machine, his own car.  There were marks on the side of the engine,
but none in front and it is believed by many that the automobile dashed into the
side of the locomotive.

Rescuers rushed to the scene and telephoned for ambulances and the police
patrol.  Dr. A.R. Rozar, of the Williams Sanatorium, was on the train and
rendered all aid that was possible at the scene of the accident.

Cobb Well Known

Mr. Cobb was prominent connected with the banking business of Macon at one time;
was cashier of the Exchange Bank, organized a dime savings bank and later was
instrumental in organizing the commercial National Bank.  After its suspension
he gave his time to the loan and insurance business with J.L. Jessup.

For thirty-three years he has been the superintendent of the Centenary Sunday
school. In a small room near College and Shamrock streets he gathered fifteen
children and organized a class which he taught himself.  This little school grew
in numbers, and from it sprung Centenary Church and a flourishing Sunday school,
one of the largest in the city.  His whole life has been devoted to this church
and its work.

He was the son of Maj. John B. Cobb, one of Macon’s best known insurance men and
a prominent citizen.  His stepmother, Mrs. Alice Culler Cobb, who died a short
while ago, was for years a member of the faculty of Wesleyan College.



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