Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, William M., 1945 

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WILLIAM MILLS COBB

FRANKLIN’S OLDEST CITIZEN DIES AT 93 - "UNCLE DILLIE" COBB

   William Mills Cobb, 93, retired farmer and lifelong resident of Southampton 
County, died Sunday morning, January 7, at his home on South Street after a 
long illness.

   Known to many friends throughout Southampton as "Uncle Dillie," Cobb spent 
most of his life operating a farm near Franklin, retiring and moving his home 
into town in 1919.  A son of Jethro and Patsy Vaughan Cobb, he was born 
May 20, 1851.  His wife, Mary Darden Cobb, died in 1936.*

   Surviving are three sons, J. Henry, W.E. and Linwood Cobb, all of Franklin; 
three daughters, Mrs. W.O. Cotton, Mrs. Herbert Beaman and Mrs. Herman Howell 
of Franklin; 15 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and a number of nieces 
and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted at the grave in Poplar Spring Cemetery 
Monday at 3 p.m. by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson.

   Pallbearers were: Franklin Edwards, Edgar Weede, Fenton Matthews, Cecil 
Vaughan, Hunter Darden, William Cobb, Ryland Cobb and Lawless Cobb.


William Mills "Uncle Dillie" COBB, retired farmer, 
b. 20 May 1851, Southampton Co., d. 7 Jan 1945, at home, Franklin, age 93, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 85**), Franklin, 
   8 Jan 1945, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 12, 1945, p. 1 

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

*His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," June 12, 1936), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100m3ob.txt 


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