Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Bessie N. Rountree, 1972 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ BESSIE ROUNTREE COBB A graveside funeral service for Mrs. Bessie Rountree Cobb of Rt. 1, Franklin, was held Monday at 4 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Charles L. Smith. A native of Southampton County, she was the daughter of John R. and Mrs. Sallie Cobb Rountree and the widow of Charlie E. Cobb. She was a member of Sycamore Baptist Church. She is survived by a sister Mrs. Minnie R. Turner of Franklin; four nieces Mrs. Mills P. Daughtrey of Franklin, Mrs. Floyd W. Harrison of Alexandria, Mrs. G.M. Kite Jr. of Gainsville, Fla. and Mrs. H.E. Hazzard of Richmond. Bessie Norse (ROUNTREE; Mrs. Charlie E.) COBB, of the Franklin area, Southampton Co. native, d. 10 Jun 1972, Norfolk, age 82, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Sect. A, Plot 17B*), Franklin, 12 Jun 1972, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 15, 1972, Sect. A, p. 3 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt Two of her brothers are buried in Poplar Spring - Sect. 2, Plot 23. SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.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/c100b4ob.txt