Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Willie A. Blythe, 1972 

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WILLIE ANNE BLYTHE COBB

   A funeral service for Mrs. Willie Anne Blythe Cobb, 72, of Rt. 2, Franklin, 
was held Saturday at 4 p.m. in W.J.M.  Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the 
Rev. R.E. Brittle.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were J.G. Joyner, Richard E. Carter, Lee M. White, Edgar 
Blythe, Freeman Harrell, Thomas Barnes, Marvin Whitley and Ashby Blythe.

   Mrs. Cobb died Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. in Southampton Memorial Hospital 
after a long illness.

   A native of Southampton County, she was the daughter of Willie and Mrs. 
Chrissie Beaton Blythe and the wife of Tony Roy Cobb Sr.

   She was a member of Hunterdale Christian Church.

   Besides her husband she is survived by five daughters Miss Ruth Cobb, 
Mrs. Dorothy C. Kitchen, Mrs. Gracie C. Foster, Mrs. Jerline C. Lankford of 
Franklin and Mrs. Edith C. Simmons of Courtland; five sons J.G. Cobb, Herman 
Cobb, Shelton Cobb, Tony R. Cobb, Jr. and Melton R. Cobb, all of Franklin; 
one brother Asa B. Joyner of Franklin and 25 grandchildren.


Willie Anne (BLYTHE; Mrs. Tony R. Sr.) COBB, of the Franklin area, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 19 Jul 1972, Franklin, age 72, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 6*), Franklin, 
   22 Jul 1972, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 24, 1972, Sect. A, p. 5 

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

Her mother is buried in Section 2, Plot 105B. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 30, 1937) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b430c2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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