Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Martha R. Evans, 1980 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARTHA EVANS COBB Franklin - A funeral service for Mrs. Martha Evans Cobb, 69, was held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Emmanuel Episcopal Church by the Rev. Ben Duffy. Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery. She died Sunday in Orange City (Fla.) Hospital. She was a native of Evansville, Ind. and the wife of William Morris Cobb. She was an Episcopalian. Survivors also include three daughters, Mrs. Roberta Woodridge of Manassas, Mrs. Cynthia Massie of Amherst and Mrs. Thomas Kent of Denver, N.C.; four sisters, Mrs. Eleanor Nimmo of Norfolk, Mrs. Mary Lou Howell of West Palm Beach, Fla., Mrs. Helen Lester of Sanger, Calif. and Mrs. Alice Simmons of Walnut Creek, Calif.; a brother, Jack Evans of Springfield, Mo.; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Martha Roberta (EVANS; Mrs. William M.) COBB, Evansville, IN native; d. 23 Mar 1980, Orange City, FL, age 69, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 126*), Franklin, 26 Mar 1980, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 27, 1980, p. 9A *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt Martha & William lost a newborn son. His obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 8, 1941, p. 8) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100m4ob.txt Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 24, 1983, p. 10) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100w6ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100m4ob.txt