Obituary of James Monroe Cobb; Richland Parish, LA
Submitter:  Betty Jean Weems Neathery
Source:  Monroe Morning World, Friday, June 28, 1957, page 3A
Date:  March 1, 2007




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JAMES MONROE COBB

DELHI (Special) - James Monroe Cobb, 61, of Pioneer died at a Delhi
Clinic late yesterday afternoon.

Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. at the Mulhearn
Funeral Chapel with Rev. Johnny Fant officiating.  Interment will follow
In the Forrest Cemetery in Forrest under the direction of the Mulhearn
Funeral Home of Delhi.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Maggie Cobb of Pioneer; three
sons, Woodrow Cobb and Jarrell Cobb both of Delhi and James Cobb of
Pioneer; four daughters, Mrs. Lela Nielsen, Winnsboro; Mrs. Lona 
Taylor, Delhi; Mrs. Dorothy Neathery, Delhi; Miss Charlene Cobb,
Pioneer; one brother, W. M. Cobb, Delhi; 12 grandchildren, one great
grandchild and several nieces and nephews.



***Submitter’s notes:  James Monroe Cobb was born 7 Dec 1895 in Franklin
County, MS, the son of John William Cobb and Jelena “Jennie” Wactor
Cobb.  He married first to Jessie Trahern in Franklin Parish, LA, 
18 June 1915.  They divorced.  He then married circa 1935 to Maggie
Reeves.  Jessie is the mother of Woodrow, Jarrell, Lela, Lona and
Dorothy.  Maggie is the mother of James and Charlene.