Montgomery County OhArchives Obituaries.....Leigh, Mary Cobb January 14, 1944
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 01-14-1944, P. 8
   Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Cobb Leigh, aged 68, and widow of the late
Robert Edward Leigh, who died after a short illness at Raiford Memorial Hospital
January 6, were held at her home in Blackstone Saturday, January 8. The casket
was covered with a pall of red roses and there were numerous other floral
tributes. The pallbearers were: Archer, Lindsay, Forrest, Kenneth and Willie
Cobb, all nephews, and Thomas J. Holden, Jr. and James R. Lane. Interment was in
Blackstone Cemetery. Services were conducted by Reverend Thomas J. Faulkner of
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, a dear friend and neighbor of many years standing.
He was assisted by Rev. Mr. Holly of the Methodist Church, who read the 15th
Psalm as typifying the life and character of the deceased.

   Mrs. Leigh is survived by one daughter, Mrs. George J. Lane of Franklin; one
son, Walter Leigh of Blackstone, and a number of devoted nieces and nephews.

   Although she had resided in Blackstone for 40 years, Mrs. Leigh was a native
of Southampton County and always said it seemed “Hallowed Ground” to her. She
was a descendant of many of the old Colonial families of the county, namely, the
News, Blows, Exums, Scott and Briggs. Her father was the Hon. Walter Cobb, son
of Jeremiah Cobb of “Snowden” and her mother, Mary Ann Scott, daughter of Edwin
Scott of “Summerfield.” She was intensely interested in and familiar with the
history of Southampton and had in her possession many old documents and book
pertaining to it.


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