Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, James P., 1965 

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JAMES PERCY COBB

   FRANKLIN - James Percy Cobb, 86, well-known retired farmer and resident of 
Franklin died in his home on Norfleet Street Tuesday night after an illness of 
many months.

   He was the husband of the late Evie Gardner Cobb, and the son of James E. 
and Catherine Darden Cobb of Southampton County.

   He was the oldest member of Sycamore Baptist Church.

   Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. W.M. Pope of Norfolk, Mrs. John L. Eley, 
Jr., Mrs. Matthews Turner and Mrs. Robert E. Johnson of Franklin; three sons, 
J.P. Cobb Jr. of Richmond, Fenton Cobb and Gardner E. Cobb of Franklin; 
fifteen grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren, four great, great- 
grandchildren.

   Funeral services will be held in the home at 605 Norfleet Street Thursday 
at 4:00 p.m. by the Rev. Thomas Mabe, pastor of Sycamore Baptist Church, and 
Rev. Robert Davis.

   Burial will be made in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.

   Pallbearers will be Cecil Vaughan, Russell Cotton, Jesse Frank Vaughan, 
T.A. Darden Sr., Hunter Darden Sr., Herman Eley, Gardner Elliott Cobb Jr., and 
William Percy Cobb.


James Percy COBB {Sr.}, of Franklin, retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 6 Jul 1965, at home, Franklin, age 86, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 63B*), Franklin, 
   8 Jul 1965, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 8, 1965, p. 2 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

His wife's (donated 1959) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100e2ob.txt


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