Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Alma L. Caroon, 1947 

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ALMA LEE CAROON COBB

   Mrs. Alma Lee Cobb, formerly of Capron, died Sunday night, November 2, in 
Portsmouth after a long illness.  She was eighty-one years old at the time of 
her death, and had been a member of the Capron Baptist Church for sixty years.

   Mrs. Cobb was the daughter of Pelege and Mary E. Caroon of Southampton 
County.

   Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. J.H. Wade of Portsmouth and Mrs. S.H. 
Edwards of Capron; one brother, T.M. Caroon of Franklin; six grandchildren and 
three great-grandchildren.  Several nieces and nephews also survive.

   Funeral services were conducted at the grave on Tuesday afternoon of last 
week at three o’clock by her pastor, Rev. H.B. Jennings, and burial was in the 
cemetery at Capron.  The pallbearers were Sydney, Samuel, and Emerson Edwards, 
Leonard Smith, E.D. Calloway and Herman Caroon.


Alma Lee (CAROON MYRICK; Mrs. Joseph G. Sr.) COBB, formerly of Capron, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 2 Nov 1947, Portsmouth, age 81*, 
interred in Capron Cemetery**, 4 Nov 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 14, 1947, p. 18 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Capron list (C-7): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/capron.txt 

Her father is buried with his first wife in a CAROON family cemetery, 
   Statesville Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (V-48): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 

*Her birthdate varies in the records. 

Her marker gives "1866 - 1947." 

Her first marriage record agrees - 

Solomon C. Myrick, 41, widowed, b. & res. Southampton, 
   sn/o Benj.O. & Nancy Myrick, Farmer 
Alma L. Caroon, 23, single, b. & res. Southampton, 
   dt/o Peleg & Mary Caroon 
m.lic. 20 Sep 1889, by clerk B.F. McLemore 
m. 24 Sep 1889, Courtland, by Geo.E. Booker 
(Southampton Co. MB6:541) 

The 1900 Census (Boykins Dist {#57}, Southampton Co., sheet 17A) 
   gives b. Mar 1870. 

Her Death Certificate, #25428, gives b. 10 Sep 1866, dt/o Pellage R. & 
   Sarah Lee Caroon; the informant was Mrs. Zora B. Wade [dt by 1st m.]. 


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