Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, A. Bernie, 1955 

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ALLEN BERNARD COBB

   Allen Bernie Cobb, 75, retired merchant of Courtland, died at his residence 
early Wednesday morning, July 6, after being in ill health for over a year.

   Mr. Cobb moved to Courtland in 1900 and was associated with the E. 
Whitfield Company, and in 1915 went into the furniture and funeral directing 
business, retiring from this business in 1939. At the time of his death he was 
employed by the Tidewater Automobile Association and the Farm Bureau Mutual 
Insurance Company.

   He was the son of the late Virginius Hunter and Sallie Davis Cobb of 
Southampton County and was the husband of Mrs. Sallie Bryant Cobb of Courtland.

   Besides his wife he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Cobb Butler 
of Franklin; five grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. L.O. Crutchfield of 
Boykins and Mrs. Lizzie Cobb Newsome of Emporia.

   Funeral services were conducted from the residence this (Thursday) 
afternoon at 4 o’clock by Rev. C.A. McCormick, Jr., pastor of the Courtland 
Methodist Church, and Rev. L.M. Kanipe, pastor of the Courtland Baptist 
Church.  Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.


Allen Bernard "Bernie" COBB, retired merchant, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 6 Jul 1955, at home, Courtland, age 75, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 5*), Courtland, 
   5 Nov 1932, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 7, 1955, Sect. I, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 27, 1966) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100s4ob.txt 


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