Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Mary E. Story, 1949 

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MARY EDWARDS STORY COBB

   Mrs. Mary Story Cobb, 64, widow of R. Herman Cobb, died Sunday morning, 
May 15, at the home in Capron of her daughter, Mrs. David H. Bell, following 
a long period of ill health.

   Mrs. Cobb was the daughter of the late James Marion and Pattie Beaman Story 
of Franklin, where she was born in 1885.  Her grandfather, Elliott L. Story, 
was a teacher for 25 years, operating a private school in the county.  She had 
made her home in Franklin until four years ago, when she moved to Capron to 
live with her daughter.  She was an active member of High Street Methodist 
Church for many years.

   Besides her daughter she is survived by a son, Tony Cobb of Franklin; one 
brother, Dr. Beaman Story of Franklin; and three nephews and a niece.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Cobb were conducted at the grave in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery on Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock by Rev. Elmer N. Hassell, pastor 
of High Street Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. Allen W. Linthicum, pastor 
of the Capron Methodist Church.  The active pallbearers were Franklin Edwards, 
John C. Parker, W.C. Rawls of Ivor, Albert Beaman of Norfolk, Dr. J.J. 
Grizzard of Branchville, and J. Earl McGowan.


Mary Edwards (STORY; Mrs. R. Herman) COBB, 
b. 1885, Franklin, d. 15 May 1949, at daughter's home, Capron, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 47*), Franklin, 
   20 May 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 20, 1949, p. 5 

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

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 20, 1920), with their marriage 
   record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100h3ob.txt 


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