Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, George T. Sr., 1965 

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GEORGE T. COBB SR. 

  ISLE OF WIGHT - George Thomas Cobb Sr., 94, died Thursday night in De Paul 
Hospital, Norfolk, after a short illness. 

  A native of Southampton County, he had lived most of his life in Isle of 
Wight County. 

  He was a member of the Sedley Friends Meeting. 

  He is survived by one daughter, [Mrs. Fannie C. Bland] of Norfolk; two sons, 
A.J. Cobb of Hampton and George T. Cobb Jr. of Isle of Wight; two sisters, 
Mrs. Effie Joyner and Mrs. Anne Scott, both of Franklin; nine grandchildren; 
and nine great grandchildren.

  Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Antioch 
Christian Church, Isle of Wight County.  Burial will be in the church 
cemetery. 

  The body is at the Peninsula Funeral Home in Newport News. 

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In And Around Sedley 
[...] 

  Mr. and Mrs. J.E. McClenny, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. McClenny, Mrs. Moody Mumford 
[sic; Mumford] attended funeral services for Mr. Paul Lowe at Beaver Dam 
Baptist Church and burial in the church cemetery Wednesday afternoon. 

  A number of people of the village and community attended funeral services 
for Mr. George Cobb at Antioch Church near Windsor Sunday afternoon. 

[...] 


George Thomas COBB, Sr., retired farmer, 
b. 7 Jun 1870, Southampton Co., d. 15 Apr 1965, Norfolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 43, No. 91, Fri., Apr. 16, 1965, p. 2; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 43, No. 98, Sun., Apr. 25, 1965, II-8 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #92728844. 

His parents, Benjamin Evans Jr. & Nancy Jane (BUCK) COBB, are buried in a 
   COBB family cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-30): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 

D.Cert. 10312 (Norfolk #876) 

His wife's obit ("Smithfield Times," May 8, 1946, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c100a15o.txt 


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