Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Evie Gardner, 1959 

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EVIE GARDNER COBB

   FRANKLIN - Mrs. Evie Gardner Cobb, 79, died Monday about 6:30 p.m. in the 
local hospital after sudden illness.

   Daughter of George A. and Mary Cotton Gardner of Southampton County, she 
had been a resident of Franklin for years.  She was one of the oldest members 
of the Sycamore Baptist Church and belonged to its Grace Wiggins Circle.

   She is survived by her husband, James Percy Cobb Sr.; five daughters, Mrs. 
J.B. Cook of Richmond, Mrs. W.M. Pope of Norfolk and Mrs. John L. Eley Jr., 
Mrs. Matthews Turner and Mrs. Robert E. Johnson of Franklin; three sons, James 
Percy Cobb Jr., of Richmond and Fenton Cobb and Gardner Cobb of Franklin; a 
half brother, George Gardner Jr. of Norfolk; 15 grandchildren, 11 great 
grandchildren, a niece and two nephews.

   The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home.

   Funeral services will be conducted at the home, 605 Norfleet St., Wednesday 
at 4 p.m. by the Rev. Thomas W. Downing, pastor of Sycamore Baptist Church. 
Burial will be Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.


Evie (GARDNER; James P. {Sr.}) COBB, of Franklin, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 17 Aug 1959, Franklin, age 79, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 63B*), Franklin, 
   19 Aug 1959, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 20, 1959, Sect. I, p. 5 

*Her father is buried unmarked in Poplar Spring; he has been added to the 
   list of her sister "Fannie" COTTON's plot - Annex 3, Section B, Plot 14- 
   but he may be elsewhere. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 13, 1945, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/g635g1ob.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," July 8, 1965, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100j4ob.txt 


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