Nansemond-Isle of Wight-King William County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, S. Agnes Alvis, 1961 

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Mrs. J. S. Cobb, 80, Buried Sept. 11 In Holly Lawn Cem. 

  Mrs. Agnes Alvis Cobb, wife of the Rev. J. Sydney Cobb, retired Baptist 
minister, of Windsor, died Friday, September 8 at 8:45 A.M. in the Obici 
Memorial Hospital after a short illness. 

  She was the daughter of James and Elizabeth R. Alvis of Caroline County, 
Va. 

  Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, James Sydney Cobb Jr. 
of Windsor and Thurman Alvis Cobb; two brothers, Frank Alvis of Richmond 
and Stuart Alvis of Mangohick, Va.; five sisters, Ella Smith of Richmond; 
Mrs. Ruth Wright of Palmyra, Va.; Mrs. Jessie Coates of Ashland; Miss 
Elizabeth Alvis of Mangohick; and Mrs. Annie Hart of Ashland; five 
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. 

  Funeral services were conducted Monday, September 11 at 2:30 P.M. at the 
Baker Funeral Home and burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 


Sally Agnes (ALVIS; Mrs. J. Sydney) COBB, of Windsor, 
b. 4 Sep 1881, King William Co.*, d. 8 Sep 1961, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 11 Sep 1961, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 42, No. 37, Thurs., Sep. 14, 1961, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

Photos of her gravestone & plot - added by J.L. Cobb - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #53552524. 

D.Cert. 24054 (Chuckatuck #288) gives b. Caroline Co. 

She wed 6 Oct 1909 in Mangohick; the Richmond M.Reg. (#887) gives 
   b. King William Co. 

Her father, William James ALVIS (1843 - 1910), was a Confederate veteran, 
   having served as a private in Co. C, 14th VA Infantry.  His widow 
   "Nannie" Harriett (YOUNG) ALVIS applied for a pension 28 Jun 1932 in 
   King William Co. 


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