Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Herbert G., 1966 

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HERBERT GODWIN COBB

   FRANKLIN - A funeral service for Herbert Godwin Cobb was conducted 
Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins 
of Franklin Baptist Church.  W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home was in charge.

   Pallbearers were John Moody, Guy Picot, Herman Eley, Rupert Tart, Tall 
Jones, W.R. Atkinson Jr., Jesse McClenny, and Sol W. Rawls Jr.

   Cobb, 77, a retired pharmacist, died early Tuesday in a hospital after a 
brief illness.

   He was a son of Wade T. and Mrs. Florence Parker Cobb and the husband of 
Mrs. Emma Cutchin Cobb.

   A native of Southampton County, he lived in this community all his life. 
He was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church, a charter member of its Bruner 
Bible Class, a former deacon, and an usher 45 years.

   He was a graduate of Medical College of Virginia Pharmaceutical School.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a son, Herbert G. Cobb Jr. of Franklin, 
and a sister, Mrs. Clayton Drinkard of Lynchburg.


Herbert Godwin COBB (Sr.), retired pharmacist, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 15 Nov 1966, age 77, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 98A*), Franklin, 
   16 Nov 1966, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 17, 1966, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Additional information: 

He 1m. Gladys HUTCHINS (1895-1921), who died in childbirth.  She and their 
   daughter Gladys (1921-1932) are buried in the same family plot. 
   His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," July 22, 1921, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100g1ob.txt 
   Their daughter Gladys' ("Tidewater News," July 29, 1932) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100g3ob.txt 

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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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