Obituary:  Otis B. Jacobs, Jr., 29 December 2001, Coke County, TX

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Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net
6 March 2002
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The Observer/Enterprise, 4 January 2002, Robert Lee, TX

JACOBS

Ottis B. Jacobs, Jr., 85, died Saturday, December 29, 2001, in a
local hospital.

O. B. was born in Rockwall, Texas on March 11, 1916, the first 
child of Otis and Mattie Jacobs.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Otis B. Jacobs, Sr. and
Mattie Walker Jacobs, his wife, Mary Vivian Jacobs; brothers, Willie
Langston Jacobs and Jack Jacobs; and a sister, Mary Brod.

He is survived by his sons, John Jacobs and wife, Jeannette of Robert 
Lee and Jim Jacobs and wife, Valerie of Deer Park; four grandchildren,
Richard Jacobs and wife, Kim of Bronte, Jim Bob Jacobs and wife, Rhonda
of Houston, Chad Jacobs and wife, Nikki of Pasadena and Carrie Jacobs
of Deer Park; four great-grandchildren, Brady Jacobs, Blaine Jacobs, 
Justin Jacobs, and Emily Jacobs; and numerous nieces, nephews and
friends.

O. B. and Vivian were married July 1, 1939, in Abilene, Texas.  In
1942, he was one of the first Coke County married men drafted into
World War II, serving in North Africa and Italy.  Since his Army days,
O. B. has been a Duputy Sheriff of Coke County, a roughneck, a rancher,
and retired as Coke County Tax Assessor Collector in 1985.

He was a Methodist and belonged to the First United Methodist Church in
Robert Lee.  He was a 50 year plus active member of the Hayrick Masonic
Lodge #696 and a member of the Robert Lee Eastern Star.

Services were held on Monday, December 31, 2001, at 2:00 pm at the First 
United Methodist Church in Robert Lee.  Burial followed in the Robert
Lee Cemetery.  Pall Bearers were Wayland Drennan, Billy Wayne Roe, Jay
Service, Joe David Key, Donnie Robertson, and Jimmy Bell.  Honorary
pallbearer was Weldon Fikes.

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