Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cobb, Alice V.M. Presson, 1965 

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ALICE PRESSON COBB 

  Mrs. Alice Presson Cobb, 64, of Dendron, widow of Fields W. Cobb, Sr., died 
Friday, October 29 [sic; Thursday the 28th], in a Richmond hospital after a 
long illness.  She was a member of the Dendron Christian Church, a lifelong 
resident of Surry County, and a graduate of the State Teachers’ College at 
Farmville.  She had taught in Surry County public schools for 26 years.

  She is survived by a son, F.W. Cobb, Jr., of Lafayette, Calif, and a sister, 
Mrs. Bessie Lee Demonde of Washington, D.C.

  A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Purviance Funeral Chapel 
with Rev. E.H. Crutchfield officiating.  Burial was in Hillcrest Memorial 
Park. [sic*]

  Pallbearers were J.A. Threewitts, Garland W. Spratley, Robert A. Moore, 
Wilton Cooke, Jack Pittman, M.B. Joyner, H.B. Burt, Jr., Arthur L. Presson, 
James White, Frank Dickerson and Kenneth Lane.


Alice May (PRESSON; Mrs. Fields W. Sr.) COBB, of Dendron, teacher, 
b. 21 Jul 1901, Surry Co., d. 28 Oct 1965, Richmond, 
interred in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Wakefield, 31 Oct 1965, 
re-interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 64**), Surry Co., 
donated obit, publication unknown 

**Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

Her parents, Luther Joshua & "Nannie" Nancy Lelia Virginia (HARGRAVE) PRESSON, 
   are buried in the same plot. 

*Additional information: 

Find a Grave Mem. #86105230 shows photo of marker. 

Hillcrest Memorial Park is defunct, and most of those buried there have been 
   moved.  (R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home.) 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 65-028270, which also gives buried Hillcrest 
   Memorial Park. 

Her husband's D.Cert. (1965-5646 {Chuckatuck #48}) also gives buried Hillcrest 
   Memorial Park. 

So does his obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Feb. 5, 1965, p. 2), posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/c100f4ob.txt 

Her father's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Apr. 6, 1939, p. 12), 
   posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/p625l2ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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