Obituaries:  Willie A. Cobbs, Sabine Parish       C-120
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 6, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Willie A. Cobbs

  Services for Mr. Willie A. Cobbs, 55, of Pleasant Hill, were
held at 2 p.m., Saturday, December 2, at First Baptist Church of
Pleasant Hill. Officiating the services were Rev. Stephen Pyle,
and the Rev. Vernon Stephenson. Burial followed in the Pleasant
Hill Cemetery, under the direction of Rose-Neath's Mansfield
Chapel.

  Mr. Cobbs passed away Thursday, November 30, at St. Luke's
Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was a native, and lifelong
resident of Pleasant Hill, a member of the First Baptist Church
of Pleasant Hill, a Sabine Parish Sheriff Deputy, and Chief of
Police in Pleasant Hill for 16 years. Mr. Cobbs was a member of
the Louisiana Police Association, and a charter member of the
Pleasant Hill Loin's Club.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Cobbs of Pleasant Hill;
two sons, Danny Ray Cobbs, and Tommy Lynn Cobbs; one daughter,
Bobbye Jean Brian, all of Pleasant Hill; one sister, Loyce
Cartinez of Pleasant Hill; two brothers, Charles Cobbs of
Pleasant Hill, and Doug Cobbs of Shreveport; seven grandchildren;
and a host of nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were Doyle Stockton, Harold Dillard, James McComic,
Alfice Brumley, Bobby Brumley, Tommy Raimond, Jeff Veuleman, and
Jerry Don Campbell.

  Honorary pallbearers were Steve Campbell, George Shannon,
Johnnie (Buster) Jones, Perry Scott, Rock Tyler, Jim Veuleman,
Guffy Lynn Pattison, and Sabine Parish Sheriff Department
officers and employees.

  The family requests that memorials may be made to the American
Heart Association.