Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Linwood, 1981 

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LINWOOD COBB

   FRANKLIN - Linwood Cobb, 85, of 411 Norfleet St. died Wednesday at 
3:30 p.m. in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Anna Wade 
Cobb and a son of William M. and Mary Darden Cobb.

   He was a retired farmer and a member of Sycamore Baptist Church.

   He was an Army veteran of World War I.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Turner of 
Franklin; three sons, Milard J. Wade of Franklin, Edward S. Wade of High 
Point, N.C. and John B. Wade of Ashland; a sister Mrs. Carrie Howell of 
Franklin; 15 grandchildren; and a great grandchild.

   A funeral service will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & 
Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. James C. Luck and Dr. Ira D. Hudgins. 
Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

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LINWOOD COBB

   A funeral service for Linwood Cobb, 85, of 411 Norfleet St., Franklin, was 
held Friday, Dec. 22 at 3 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the 
Rev. James C. Luck and Dr. Ira D. Hudgins.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring cemetery. Pallbearers were Paul Vargo, Calvin 
Burgess, Russell Cotton, Howard Cotton, Robert Howell, Walter Beaman, Ryland 
Cobb and Billy Umphlette.

   Cobb died Wednesday, Dec. 20 at 3;30 p.m. in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Anna Wade Cobb 
and a son of William M. and Mrs. Mary Darden Cobb.

   He was a retired farmer and a member of Sycamore Baptist Church.

   He was an Army veteran of World War I.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Turner of 
Franklin; three sons, Millard J. Wade of Franklin, Edwin S. Wade of High 
Point, N.C., and John B. Wade of Ashland; a sister, Mrs. Carrie Howell of 
Franklin; 15 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.


Linwood COBB, of Franklin, retired farmer, Army veteran of WW-I, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 20 Dec 1972, Franklin, age 85, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 85*), Franklin, 
   22 Dec 1972, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 25, 1972, A-8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 8, 1981, p. 8A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100a3ob.txt 

She is buried with her first husband in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland  - 
   Section I, Plot 60.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 12, 1945, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100w3ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," June 12, 1936), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100m3ob.txt 


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