Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, B. Madison, 1950 

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BENJAMIN M. COBB 

Franklin, Va., Jan. 22 - Benjamin Madison Cobb, 83, retired farmer of Isle of 
Wight County, died Sunday at his home near Zuni.  He is survived by his wife, 
Mrs. Martha Pearl Barrett Cobb; six daughters, Mrs. E.T. Presson, Mrs. Douglas 
Griffin and Mrs. Charlie Joyner, of Windsor, Va.; Mrs. A. McKoll, of Norfolk; 
Mrs. Johnnie Clark, of Waverly, Va. and Mrs. Julian C. Jenkins, Jr., of 
Carrsville, Va.; five sons, Johnie Cobb, of Newport News; Forrest and Herman 
Cobb, of Windsor and Woodrow and Costen Cobb, of Zuni; two brothers, Alfred 
Cobb, of Zuni; and George Cobb, of Norfolk; three sisters, Mrs. Hurley Joyner, 
of Sedley, Va.; Mrs. Anna Scott and Mrs. Effie Joyner, both of Franklin; 17 
grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.  Funeral arrangements have not 
been completed. 


Benjamin Madison COBB, retired farmer, 
d. 22 Jan 1950, at home, near Zuni, age 83, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Jan. 23, 1950 

*Both he & his widow are listed by their middle names; in-laws there, as well. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} Antioch list: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Documents/Antioch%20Church_Antioch%20Rd_Cemetery.doc 

Additional information: 

His parents are bd. in a COBB family cemetery in Southampton Co.- 
   site unknown (June 2015) to the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project.  Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 8 (VIII-30): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol8.txt 

His marriages - 

B.M. Cobb, 31, 
   sn/o B.E. [Benjamin Evans Jr.] & [Nancy] Jane [Buck] Cobb, 
[1]m. 19 Dec 1898, in Gatesville, Gates Co., NC, 
Birdie E. Turner, 18, dt/o [Jeremiah] Norfleet & Roxanna [V. Joyner] Turner 
(source: family notes & 
         FamilySearch.org "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979") 

B.M. Cobb, 38, [widowed], 
   sn/o "R.E." [Benjamin Evans Jr.] & [Nancy] Jane [Buck] Cobb, 
[2]m. 10 Dec 1906, in Gates Co., NC, 
[Martha] Pearl Barrett, 18, 
   dt/o M.T. [Mills Thos.] & "Anna" [Indianna Rebecca Carr] Barrett 
(source: family notes & 
         FamilySearch.org "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979") 


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