Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, W.R.L. III, 1966 

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W. R. L. COBB III 

  NEWSOMS - W.R.L. Cobb III, 57, a farmer and a native of Southampton 
County, died Tuesday at 4 p.m. in his home after a heart attack. 

  He was a member of Courtland Methodist Church, Men's Bible Class of Newsoms 
Baptist Church, and Newsoms Ruritan Club. 

  He was the husband of Mrs. Sarah Blount Cobb and a son of the late W.R.L. 
Cobb Jr. and Mrs. Lillian Westbrook Cobb. 

  Surviving, besides his widow, are a son, W.R.L. Cobb IV of Newsoms, and two 
brothers, Edwin W. Cobb of Courtland and Martin R. Cobb of Newsoms. 

  A funeral service will be held in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland, Thursday at 
4 p.m. by the Rev. Allen Lawrence of Newsoms Baptist Church.  The body will 
remain in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, until 3:45 p.m. 
Thursday. 


Wickcliffe Rosser Lycurgus COBB, III, farmer, 
b. 18 Aug 1908, Southampton Co., d. 3 May 1966, at home, Southampton Co., 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 62A*), Courtland, 5 May 1966, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 44, No. 106, Wed., May 4, 1966, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His gravestone shows "WICKLIFFE R.L. COBB, III"; a photo of it - added by 
   Budjr - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #142155227, which gives 
   Wickcliffe Rosser Lycurgus for I, II & III. 

His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 66-015516 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 27, 1945, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100w7ob.txt 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Mar. 9, 1961, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/c100l4ob.txt 


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