Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Cobb, John W., 1958 

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JOHN WALTER COBB 

Franklin - John Walter Cobb, 83, died Thursday morning in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital after a short illness.  A retired farmer and lifelong resident of 
the Franklin community, he was a member of the Sycamore Baptist Church. 
He was the son of James E. and Mrs. Katherine Darden Cobb.  Surviving are 
one brother, James Percy Cobb of Franklin, and a number of nieces and 
nephews.  Funeral services will be conducted today at 4 pm at the grave in 
Sycamore Church cemetery by the Rev. Vivian W. Evans, pastor of Sycamore 
Baptist Church.

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John W. Cobb Rites Conducted Today 

  Funeral services for John Walter Cobb were conducted today at 4 p.m. at the 
graveside in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery by the Rev. Vivian W. Evans, 
pastor of Sycamore Baptist Church. 

  Mr. Cobb, 82, died yesterday morning in Raiford Memorial Hospital after a 
short illness. 

  A retired farmer and lifelong resident of the Franklin community, he was a 
member of the Sycamore Baptist Church.  He was the son of James E. and Mrs. 
Katherine Darden Cobb. 

  Surviving are one brother, James Percy Cobb of Franklin, and a number of 
nieces and nephews. 

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JOHN WALTER COBB 

   John Walter Cobb, 82, retired farmer and lifelong resident of the Franklin 
community, died in Raiford Memorial Hospital on Thursday morning, April 3, 
after a short illness.

   A member of Sycamore Baptist Church, the deceased was the son of the late 
James E. Cobb and Mrs. Katherine Darden Cobb.

   Surviving him are a brother, James Percy Cobb, and a number of nephews and 
nieces.

   Services for Mr. Cobb were conducted at the graveside in Sycamore Church 
cemetery on Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. Vivian W. Evans, pastor of 
the church.

   Pallbearers were Fenton Cobb, Gardner E. Cobb, Elliott Cobb, Jr., John L. 
Eley, Jr., Robert E. Johnson, William M. Pope and Matthew Turner.


John Walter COBB, retired farmer, 
lifelong resident of the Franklin community, d. 3 Apr 1958, Franklin, age 82, 
interred in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 5, Plot 56; unmarked*), 
   4 Apr 1958, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Fri., Apr. 4, 1958, p. 12; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 80, Apr. 4, 1958, p. 3, col. 5; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 4, 1958, Sect. II, p. 6 

*Added to the plot of Walter's father & step-mother. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (MV-IV-42): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 24, 1934, pp. 1 & 5) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100j5ob.txt 

His step-mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 14, 1944, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100a10o.txt 


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