Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Caroline R. Reese, 1973 

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Mrs. Caroline R. Cobb 

  SEBRELL - Mrs. Caroline Reese Cobb, 93, died Sunday morning in a Norfolk 
hospital. 

  A native of Southampton County, she was the widow of Linwood M. Cobb and a 
daughter of Emmett F. and Mrs. Virginia Bishop Reese. 

  She was a member of Sebrell United Methodist Church and was church organist. 
She also taught Sunday school. 

  She was a graduate of the Blackstone College for Girls.  She formerly taught 
school 25 years in Southampton County. 

  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Twyman T. Fowler of Norfolk and Mrs. 
Phillip J. Weaver of Greensboro, N.C.; two sons, Robert Gordon Cobb of 
Courtland and Linwood M. Cobb Jr. of Lynchburg; three sisters, Misses Roberta 
Reese and Eugenia Reese of Sebrell, and Mrs. L. Jefferson Sledge of Emporia; 
two brothers, Lewis Thomas Reese of Sebrell and George Walter Reese of 
Richmond; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Sebrell Cemetery by the 
Rev. R.A. Bergdoll and the Rev. T.T. Fowler.  W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral 
Home, Franklin, has charge. 

  The family will be at the home of Gordon Cobb in Courtland. 


"Carrie" Caroline Rebecca (REESE; Mrs. Linwood Meledius Sr.) COBB, 
b. 1 Sep 1879, Southampton Co., d. 27 May 1973, Norfolk, 
interred in the SEBRELL-SIMMONS Cemetery (Plot 22*), Sebrell, 29 May 1973, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 51, No. 127, Mon., May 28, 1973, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-8): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Budjr - is posted with Find a Grave 
   Memorial #37190407. 

D.Cert. 73-014640 

Her husband (1877 - 1932) was an Army veteran of the Spanish-American War. 

Her father (1844 - 1934) was a Confederate veteran, having served in Co. G, 
   61st VA Infantry. 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Nov. 9, 1934) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r200e2ob.txt 

Her mother's obits ("Tidewater News," Feb. 12, 1937, & 
   "Richmond Christian Advocate") are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r200v1ob.txt 


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