Southampton County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Patsy J. Fox, 1949 

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PATSY JANE FOX COBB

   Mrs. Patsy Jane Cobb, 75, of 551 Florida Avenue, Portsmouth, widow of 
Joseph Simeon Cobb, died at 1:05 o’clock Monday afternoon, January 10, in a 
Portsmouth hospital after an illness of about 12 days.  She had been in 
failing health for some time.

   A native of Southampton County and for many years a resident of Franklin, 
where he husband was chief of police, Mrs. Cobb was the daughter of the late 
J.K. and Mrs. Ann M. Fox.  She had resided in Portsmouth for the past 12 
years, holding her church membership in the First Christian Church of that 
city.

   Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. Emily Cobb Lee and Mrs. James W. 
Rakestraw of Portsmouth; a son, Joseph Simeon Cobb, Jr., of Portsmouth; a 
grandson, Billy Rakestraw of Portsmouth; two sisters, Mrs. W.G. Seaborn of 
Jarratt and Mrs. S.E. Edwards of Adams Grove; and a brother, J.W. Fox of 
Adams Grove.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Cobb were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 
o’clock at the Snellings Funeral Home in Portsmouth; and burial was in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery, Franklin, at 3:30 o’clock, with Rev. H.G. Councill, Jr., 
pastor of Rosemont Christian Church, Norfolk County, officiating.


Patsy Jane (FOX; Mrs. Joseph S. {Sr.}) COBB, of Portsmouth, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 10 Jan 1949, Portsmouth, age 75, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 89B*), Franklin, 
   11 Jan 1949, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 14, 1949, p. 5 

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


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