Southampton County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Virginia R., 1955 

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VIRGINIA REBECCA "JENNIE BECK" COBB 

   Miss Jennie Beck Cobb, 79, Franklin native and long-time resident of 
Richmond, died in a Williamsburg hospital on Thursday morning, April 21, 
after a lingering illness.

   A member of the Franklin Congregational Christian Church since childhood, 
Miss Jennie Beck was a daughter of the late Edward T. and Margaret Vaughan 
Cobb of Franklin.

   She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Mamie Cobb Stephenson of Richmond, with 
whom she made her home for many years.

   Funeral rites were conducted in the Franklin Congregational Church on 
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the pastor; Rev. Harvey L. Carnes, and Rev. 
J.E. McCauley, pastor of the Wakefield.

   Burial was in the family plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the pallbearers 
begin T.O. Atwill of Richmond, and Lawless Cobb, Earl S. Holland, John 
Holland, L.B. Norfleet and John C. Parker.

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VIRGINIA REBECCA COBB 

MISS JENNIE BECK COBB 

   FRANKLIN - April 21 - Miss Jennie Back Cobb, 79, of Richmond, formerly of 
Franklin, died Thursday. A member of Franklin Christian Church, she is 
survived by one sister, Mrs. Mamie Cobb Stephenson*, of Richmond.  A funeral 
service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Franklin Christian Church, with 
burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Virginia Rebecca "Jennie Beck" COBB, of Richmond, 
Franklin native, d. 21 Apr 1955, Williamsburg, age 79, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 70A**), Franklin, 
   24 Apr 1955, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 28, 1955, I-6
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Apr. 22, 1955, p. 19 

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

*Her sister Mamie's obit ("Tidewater News," July 28, 1955, I-3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s315m3ob.txt 

Their mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 15, 1937, p. 4), with her 
   marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100m7ob.txt 


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