C. R. (Bob) Cobb Buried Saturday At Oakwood Cemetery
A heart ailment of several years claimed the life of C. R. (Bob) Cobb of Paris at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27.
He suffered a heart attack on Tuesday night at his home, 825 Graham street in Paris, and was removed to the Sanitarium of Paris on Wednesday.
A World War I veteran, he had served as commander of Winfield F. Brown Post of the American Legion in Paris. Besides being a Legionaire, he was a member of its 40 and 8 organization, the Travelers Protective Association and the Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a charter member of the Men's Brotherhood Class of the Methodist church school in Honey Grove.
He had been a grocery salesman in this area the past 28 years and counted his friends by the people he knew. He moved to Paris in 1928 while a salesman for the old Boswell-Haynes wholesale grocery firm, and joined the sales force of Pete Humphries Company wholesale department two years later.
Born at Windom April 12, 1891, Charles Robert Cobb, Jr., was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Cobb, and was graduated from Dodd City High School.
He enlisted in the Army before the declaration of World War I, and served overseas 13 months in the 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division, after training in old Camp Bowie.
Mr. Cobb leaves his wife, the former Miss Bess Eleanor Norton; a brother, Gordon Cobb of Bonham, and these sisters: Mrs. Fulton Ware, Miss Willie Cob and Mrs. B. C. Fewell, all of Honey Grove; Mrs. G. C. Greenwood, Boswell, Okla.; Mrs. Jim Roddy, Snyder; Mrs. Roy Cox, Colorado City, besides a number of nieces and nephews, including Miss Helen Fewell, Honey Grove, and Mrs. Ernest Hoeldke Clarksville. Mrs. Cobb's nephew, John W. Norton, made his home with the Cobbs while attending school.
Last rites were held Saturday morning at the Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home in Paris conducted by Rev. Wesley V. Hite and Rev. Duke R. Barron of Honey Grove. Burial was made at Oakwood cemetery in Honey Grove.
No military service was held at the graveside; however, the United States flag provided at the burial of all ex-service men, was presented to Mrs. Cobb by Mark Hodges, First District vice-commander of the American Legion.
Bearers of the body to its last resting place were Argus Turner, T. G. Lane and Gib Parish of Honey Grove, Col. J. M. Caviness, Richard Lee, Evan D. Cameron and W. T. Iron of Paris.
A heart ailment of several years claimed the life of C. R. (Bob) Cobb of Paris at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27.
He suffered a heart attack on Tuesday night at his home, 825 Graham street in Paris, and was removed to the Sanitarium of Paris on Wednesday.
A World War I veteran, he had served as commander of Winfield F. Brown Post of the American Legion in Paris. Besides being a Legionaire, he was a member of its 40 and 8 organization, the Travelers Protective Association and the Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a charter member of the Men's Brotherhood Class of the Methodist church school in Honey Grove.
He had been a grocery salesman in this area the past 28 years and counted his friends by the people he knew. He moved to Paris in 1928 while a salesman for the old Boswell-Haynes wholesale grocery firm, and joined the sales force of Pete Humphries Company wholesale department two years later.
Born at Windom April 12, 1891, Charles Robert Cobb, Jr., was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Cobb, and was graduated from Dodd City High School.
He enlisted in the Army before the declaration of World War I, and served overseas 13 months in the 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division, after training in old Camp Bowie.
Mr. Cobb leaves his wife, the former Miss Bess Eleanor Norton; a brother, Gordon Cobb of Bonham, and these sisters: Mrs. Fulton Ware, Miss Willie Cob and Mrs. B. C. Fewell, all of Honey Grove; Mrs. G. C. Greenwood, Boswell, Okla.; Mrs. Jim Roddy, Snyder; Mrs. Roy Cox, Colorado City, besides a number of nieces and nephews, including Miss Helen Fewell, Honey Grove, and Mrs. Ernest Hoeldke Clarksville. Mrs. Cobb's nephew, John W. Norton, made his home with the Cobbs while attending school.
Last rites were held Saturday morning at the Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home in Paris conducted by Rev. Wesley V. Hite and Rev. Duke R. Barron of Honey Grove. Burial was made at Oakwood cemetery in Honey Grove.
No military service was held at the graveside; however, the United States flag provided at the burial of all ex-service men, was presented to Mrs. Cobb by Mark Hodges, First District vice-commander of the American Legion.
Bearers of the body to its last resting place were Argus Turner, T. G. Lane and Gib Parish of Honey Grove, Col. J. M. Caviness, Richard Lee, Evan D. Cameron and W. T. Iron of Paris.
C. R. (Bob) Cobb Buried Saturday At Oakwood Cemetery
A heart ailment of several years claimed the life of C. R. (Bob) Cobb of Paris at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27.
He suffered a heart attack on Tuesday night at his home, 825 Graham street in Paris, and was removed to the Sanitarium of Paris on Wednesday.
A World War I veteran, he had served as commander of Winfield F. Brown Post of the American Legion in Paris. Besides being a Legionaire, he was a member of its 40 and 8 organization, the Travelers Protective Association and the Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a charter member of the Men's Brotherhood Class of the Methodist church school in Honey Grove.
He had been a grocery salesman in this area the past 28 years and counted his friends by the people he knew. He moved to Paris in 1928 while a salesman for the old Boswell-Haynes wholesale grocery firm, and joined the sales force of Pete Humphries Company wholesale department two years later.
Born at Windom April 12, 1891, Charles Robert Cobb, Jr., was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Cobb, and was graduated from Dodd City High School.
He enlisted in the Army before the declaration of World War I, and served overseas 13 months in the 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division, after training in old Camp Bowie.
Mr. Cobb leaves his wife, the former Miss Bess Eleanor Norton; a brother, Gordon Cobb of Bonham, and these sisters: Mrs. Fulton Ware, Miss Willie Cob and Mrs. B. C. Fewell, all of Honey Grove; Mrs. G. C. Greenwood, Boswell, Okla.; Mrs. Jim Roddy, Snyder; Mrs. Roy Cox, Colorado City, besides a number of nieces and nephews, including Miss Helen Fewell, Honey Grove, and Mrs. Ernest Hoeldke Clarksville. Mrs. Cobb's nephew, John W. Norton, made his home with the Cobbs while attending school.
Last rites were held Saturday morning at the Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home in Paris conducted by Rev. Wesley V. Hite and Rev. Duke R. Barron of Honey Grove. Burial was made at Oakwood cemetery in Honey Grove.
No military service was held at the graveside; however, the United States flag provided at the burial of all ex-service men, was presented to Mrs. Cobb by Mark Hodges, First District vice-commander of the American Legion.
Bearers of the body to its last resting place were Argus Turner, T. G. Lane and Gib Parish of Honey Grove, Col. J. M. Caviness, Richard Lee, Evan D. Cameron and W. T. Iron of Paris.
A heart ailment of several years claimed the life of C. R. (Bob) Cobb of Paris at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27.
He suffered a heart attack on Tuesday night at his home, 825 Graham street in Paris, and was removed to the Sanitarium of Paris on Wednesday.
A World War I veteran, he had served as commander of Winfield F. Brown Post of the American Legion in Paris. Besides being a Legionaire, he was a member of its 40 and 8 organization, the Travelers Protective Association and the Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a charter member of the Men's Brotherhood Class of the Methodist church school in Honey Grove.
He had been a grocery salesman in this area the past 28 years and counted his friends by the people he knew. He moved to Paris in 1928 while a salesman for the old Boswell-Haynes wholesale grocery firm, and joined the sales force of Pete Humphries Company wholesale department two years later.
Born at Windom April 12, 1891, Charles Robert Cobb, Jr., was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Cobb, and was graduated from Dodd City High School.
He enlisted in the Army before the declaration of World War I, and served overseas 13 months in the 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division, after training in old Camp Bowie.
Mr. Cobb leaves his wife, the former Miss Bess Eleanor Norton; a brother, Gordon Cobb of Bonham, and these sisters: Mrs. Fulton Ware, Miss Willie Cob and Mrs. B. C. Fewell, all of Honey Grove; Mrs. G. C. Greenwood, Boswell, Okla.; Mrs. Jim Roddy, Snyder; Mrs. Roy Cox, Colorado City, besides a number of nieces and nephews, including Miss Helen Fewell, Honey Grove, and Mrs. Ernest Hoeldke Clarksville. Mrs. Cobb's nephew, John W. Norton, made his home with the Cobbs while attending school.
Last rites were held Saturday morning at the Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home in Paris conducted by Rev. Wesley V. Hite and Rev. Duke R. Barron of Honey Grove. Burial was made at Oakwood cemetery in Honey Grove.
No military service was held at the graveside; however, the United States flag provided at the burial of all ex-service men, was presented to Mrs. Cobb by Mark Hodges, First District vice-commander of the American Legion.
Bearers of the body to its last resting place were Argus Turner, T. G. Lane and Gib Parish of Honey Grove, Col. J. M. Caviness, Richard Lee, Evan D. Cameron and W. T. Iron of Paris.
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