Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Mary L. Darden, 1936 

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MARY LOUISE DARDEN COBB 

  Franklin, June 8 - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Darden Cobb, 80, will be 
conducted Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the residence by the Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson assisted by the Rev. Floyd P. Davis.  Active pallbearers will be 
Lawless, Ryland and William Cobb, Russell and Howard Cotton, Rufus and Charlie 
Darden.  Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.

  Mrs. Cobb is survived by her husband, W.M. Cobb, four sons, J.H., Emmett, 
F.M. and Linwood Cobb; three daughters, Mrs. W.O. Cotton, Mrs. H.W. Beaman 
and Mrs. W.H. Howell, all of Franklin and three great grandchildren.

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MARY LOUISE DARDEN COBB

   Mrs. Mary L. Cobb, wife of W.M. Cobb of our town, died at her home in South 
Street Sunday night, June 7, after an illness of a few months.  She was in her 
80th year and was the daughter of the late Joseph Darden and Mrs. Emma Cooper 
Darden.

   She was married December 16, 1875 [sic]*, her husband surviving her with 
seven children, three daughters, Mrs. W.O. Cotton, Mrs. Herbert Beaman and 
Mrs. Herman Howell; four sons, J.H. Cobb, W.E. Cobb, F.M. Cobb and Linwood 
Cobb, all of Franklin; one brother, Richard Darden of Holland; 16 
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Mrs. Cobb was the oldest woman member of Sycamore Baptist Church.  She was 
a woman of many fine traits of character, a consistent Christian, a faithful 
wife and a self-sacrificing mother.

   Funeral services were conducted from her home Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 by 
Rev. R.D. Stephenson and Rev. F.P. Davis. Mrs. G.E. Johnson, Miss Lizzie Mae 
Cutchins, Percy Bunch and E.K. Brinkley sang "How Firm a Foundation," and "The 
Old Rugged Cross."  Interment was made in the family plot in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery the bodybearers being, Lawless, Ryland and William Cobb, Russell and 
Howard Cotton, Hunter, Charlie and Bennie Darden.


Mary Louise "Mollie" (DARDEN; Mrs. William M.) COBB, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 7 Jun 1936, at home, Franklin, age 80, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 85**), Franklin, 9 Jun 1936, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), June 9, 1936, p. 12; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 12, 1936, p. 7 

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

*Additional inforamtion: 

Wm. M. Cobb, 24, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   sn/o Jethro & Martha Cobb, Farmer 
Mary Louisa Darden, 18, single, b. & res. Southampton Co., 
   dt/o Joseph J. & Emeline Darden 
m.lic. 13 Dec 1875 by clerk L.R. Edwards; cert. signed by W.M. Cobb 
m. 16 Dec 1875, Southampton Co., by W.B. Wellons 
(Southampton Co. MB2:464) 

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


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