Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Cobb, Anna M. Gardner, 1944 

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ANNA MARGARET GARDNER COBB 

   Mrs. Anna Gardner Cobb, 54 years of age, widow of James E. Cobb, of the 
Franklin community, died Sunday morning, January 9, in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital after a long illness.  She was the daughter of the late Nelson 
Bennett Gardner and Mrs. Emmaline Whitfield Cotton, of Southampton County, 
and was a member of Sycamore Baptist Church.

   Surviving are a sister, Mrs. James C. Daughtrey of Franklin; three nieces, 
Mrs. Fenton, Misses Doris and Lois Daughtrey; one nephew, Julian Harcum and 
one great-niece, Miss Evelyn Cobb, all of Franklin; three stepsons, Walter, 
Charlie and Percy Cobb of Franklin.

   Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock at the Holland 
Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. N.D. Blackman and Rev. R.D. Stephenson. 
The casket was covered with a pall of pink and white carnations with fern.

   Active pallbearers were: Henry Pruden, Fenton Cobb, Johnny Atkins, Marion, 
Gilmer and Robert Lee Harrell.


Anna Margaret (GARDNER; Mrs. James E.) COBB, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 9 Jan 1944, Franklin, age 54, 
interred in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 5, Plot 46*), 11 Jan 1944, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 14, 1944, p. 6 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-42): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

Her mother 2m. 1896 widower Allen H. COTTON [COTTEN].  She is buried in 
   another plot (Row 1, Plot 10A), with Anna's sister (MV-IV-31&32). 
   Her obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 17, 1930, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c350e1ob.txt 

Anna's husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 24, 1934, pp. 1 & 5) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100j5ob.txt 

Her father (c1810 - c1895) is buried in the 
   Nansemond-Suffolk Cemetery, Kings Fork Rd, Suffolk. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #132090265) 

Her step-father is buried with his first wife, across Sycamore Church Rd., 
   in a COTTON family cem. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (MV-II-34): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100a10o.txt