Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, William A., 1963 

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Rites Tuesday For William A. Cobb 

  ZUNI - Funeral services for William Alfred Cobb will be conducted Tuesday at 
2 p.m. in the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. Hugh Lassiter, pastor of Antioch 
Christian Church, the Rev. Bryan W. Holloman, pastor of Ivor Baptist Church 
and the Rev. William A. Grissom, pastor of Windsor Christian Church.  Burial 
will be in Antioch Church Cemetery. 

  Mr. Cobb, 86, retired contractor and farmer, died Sunday at 6 a.m. in Obici 
Memorial Hospital after a three weeks illness. 

  A native of Southampon County he was a son of Benjamin E. and Mrs. Nancy 
Jane Buck Cobb and the husband of Mrs. Indiana Barrett Cobb. 

  He was a member of Antioch Chrisitan Church and its Men's Bible Class. 

  Besides his wife he is survived by two daghters, Mrs. C.A. Bland of Windsor 
and Mrs. H.A. Nichols of Norfolk; six sons, Willie T. Cobb and Jesse L. Cobb 
of Norfolk, A. Raby Cobb of Zuni, Warren R. Cobb and John P. Cobb of Ivor and 
Russell T. Cobb of Windsor; three sisters, Mrs. Leonard Joyner, Mrs. Calvin 
Scott and Mrs. Hurley Joyner of Franklin; a brother, George T. Cobb Sr. of 
Hampton; 25 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. 

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Rites Held For William A. Cobb 

  Funeral services for William Alfred Cobb, who died Sunday, were conducted 
Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. Hugh Lassiter, pastor 
of Antioch Christian Church, the Rev. Bryan H. Holleman, pastor of Ivor 
Baptist Church and the Rev. W.A. Grissom, pastor of Windsor Christian Church. 
Burial was in Antioch Church Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were his grandsons, A. Tilton Bland, Charles W. Bland, R. Ivan 
Bland, James E. Bland, Jesse Lee Cobb, Jr., Warren R. Cobb, Frederick R. Cobb 
and Herman A. Nichols Jr. 


William Alfred COBB, retired contractor & farmer, 
b. 23 Dec 1876, Southampon Co., d. 27 Jan 1963, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 29 Jan 1963, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 41, No. 24, Mon., Jan. 28, 1963, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 41, No. 26, Wed., Jan. 30, 1963, p. 3 

*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 #92743549. 

D.Cert. 2670 (Chuckatuck #22) 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Apr. 29 & May 1, 1983, p. 2) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c100i2ob.txt 

His parents 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 


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