Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, William M., 1983 

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WILLIAM MORRIS COBB 

  ORANGE CITY, FLA. - William (Bill) Morris Cobb, 72, a retired dairyman and 
a native of Franklin, Va., died Wednesday in a hospital.

  He was a member of Franklin Masonic lodge 151.

  Survivors include his wife, Tillie Gatling Cobb; his mother, Margaret 
Whitley Cobb of Franklin; a daughter, Roberta C. Woolridge of Manassas, Va.; 
a stepdaughter, Cynthia K. Massie of Amherst, Va.,; a stepson, Thomas E. Kent 
of Pakistan; four sisters, Frances C. Roberts, Mary C. Blythe, Margaret C. 
Burgess and Fay C. Shelton, all of Franklin; and 11 grandchildren.

  The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Emmanuel Episcopal Church 
in Franklin by the Rev. Benn Duffy. Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery, 
Franklin.  Wright Funeral Home of Franklin has charge.

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WILLIAM MORRIS COBB 

   ORANGE CITY, FLA. - A funeral service for William (Bill) Morris Cobb, 72, 
was held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Franklin by the 
Rev. Ben Duffy.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, with Wright 
Funeral Home in charge.

   Cobb died Wednesday in a hospital.

   A native of Franklin, he was a member of Franklin Masonic Lodge 151 and was 
the husband of Tillie Gatling Cobb.

   Other survivors include his mother, Margaret Whitley Cobb of Franklin; a 
daughter, Roberta C. Woolridge of Manassas; a stepdaughter, Cynthia K. Massie 
of Amherst; a stepson, Thomas E. Kent of Pakistan; four sisters, Frances C. 
Roberts, Mary C. Blythe, Margaret D. Burgess and Fay C. Shelton, all of 
Franklin; and 11 grandchildren.


William "Bill" Morris COBB, retired dairyman, 
Franklin native, d. 19 Jan 1983, age 72, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 126*), Franklin, 
   22 Jan 1983, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 24, 1983, p. 10 

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

His first wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 27, 1980, p. 9A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100m4ob.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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