Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Anna J. Ellis, 1953 

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MRS. ANNIE ELLIS COBB 

   Mrs. Annie Ellis Cobb, 67, of Drewryville died Monday morning, August 3, 
at 12:25 o'clock in Leigh Memorial Hospital, Norfolk, after several years of 
failing health. 

   She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Anna Ellis of Southampton 
County. 

   Mrs. Cobb is survived by her husband, Charlie Everett Cobb; four sons, C.D. 
Cobb and Robert S. Cobb of Drewryville, R.E. Cobb of South Hill, and A.E. Cobb 
of Boykins; seven daughters, Mrs. C.K. Barnes and Mrs. P.J. Mattox of 
Drewryville, Mrs. J.R. Carriker of Columbia, S.C., Mrs. Z.V. Barrington of 
Norfolk, Mrs. W.H. Drewry, Jr., of Franklin, Mrs. J.K. Snead of South Hill, 
and Mrs. E.W. Smelley of Richmond; 20 grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. W.A. 
Partridge of Drewryville.

   The deceased was a member of Hebron Baptist Church. 

   Funeral services for Mrs. Cobb were conducted on Tuesday afternoon at 4 
o'clock in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church, Drewryville, by Rev. H.B. Jennings, 
a former pastor, and Rev. J.T. Cassell, pastor of the Drewryville Methodist 
Church.  The choir, accompanied by Mrs. Fred Fisher, sang "Safe In The Arms of 
Jesus" and "Near to the Heart of God."  The casket was covered by a pall of 
asters. 

   Burial was in the Drewryville Cemetery.  Friends of the family were 
honorary pallbearers.  Active pallbearers were John T. Claud, Robert D. Claud, 
Burton Drewry, Fred Fisher, Bruce Flowers, Owen W. Johnson, Bill Leigh and 
Thornton Thomas. 


"Annie" Anna Jane (ELLIS; Mrs. Charlie E.) COBB, of Drewryville, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 3 Aug 1953, Norfolk, age 67, 
interred in Thomas Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery*, Drewryville, 
   4 Aug 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 6, 1953 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Drewryville list (D-4): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/drewryvl.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 23, 1954) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100c1ob.txt 

Their marriage record - 

Charles Everett Cobb, 24, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
   s/o Robert James and Dora Gay Fox Cobb, Farmer
m. 11-20-1901 Bride’s residence by Rev. R.H. Burriss
Annie Jane Ellis, 16, s, So.Co., So.Co., d/o Samuel and Anna Ellis 
(Southampton Co. MB10:513; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb10pt.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/c100a7ob.txt