Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
DeathOct 21, 1998, Guilford County, North Carolina470
BurialGuilford Memorial Park, 6000 High Point Rd, Greensboro, North Carolina470
FlagsKorean War, US Air Force, US Navy
FatherVoigt Wagoner COBB Sr. (1902-1943)
MotherMozelle B. GERRINGER (1907-1994)
Spouses
Obituary Online notes for John Albert COBB Sr.
Greensboro News & Record (NC) - Friday, October 23, 1998
JAMESTOWN - John A. Cobb, 68, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998, at his home.
A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, 1998, in Guilford Memorial Park. A service of remembrance will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Jamestown Presbyterian Church by Dr. Sam Henderson.
Mr. Cobb was a member of Jamestown Presbyterian Church. He was a retired air traffic controller, after serving for 36 years. He served with the Agency for International Development from 1969-71, during the Vietnam War, training air traffic controllers. He also served in the armed forces, during the Korean conflict.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Barbara "Bobbie" Turner Cobb; a daughter, Cynthia Louise Cobb Strauss of Durham; son, John Albert Cobb, Jr. of Charlotte; step-sons, Joe Carroll Clayton, II of Thomasville, Keith Turner Clayton of Jamestown; two grandsons, John Thomas King, III of Durham, Brandon Keith Clayton of Greensboro; sister, Vera Ann Ingle of Whitsett; brother, Voight Waggoner Cobb, Jr. of Gibsonville.
The family will receive friends at the church, following the service of remembrance, other times, at their home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Jamestown Presbyterian Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 817, Jamestown, NC 27282 or to the Briana Carey Foundation, Inc., 9137 Wood Oak Rd., Soddy Daisy, Tenn. 37399. 470
JAMESTOWN - John A. Cobb, 68, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998, at his home.
A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, 1998, in Guilford Memorial Park. A service of remembrance will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Jamestown Presbyterian Church by Dr. Sam Henderson.
Mr. Cobb was a member of Jamestown Presbyterian Church. He was a retired air traffic controller, after serving for 36 years. He served with the Agency for International Development from 1969-71, during the Vietnam War, training air traffic controllers. He also served in the armed forces, during the Korean conflict.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Barbara "Bobbie" Turner Cobb; a daughter, Cynthia Louise Cobb Strauss of Durham; son, John Albert Cobb, Jr. of Charlotte; step-sons, Joe Carroll Clayton, II of Thomasville, Keith Turner Clayton of Jamestown; two grandsons, John Thomas King, III of Durham, Brandon Keith Clayton of Greensboro; sister, Vera Ann Ingle of Whitsett; brother, Voight Waggoner Cobb, Jr. of Gibsonville.
The family will receive friends at the church, following the service of remembrance, other times, at their home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Jamestown Presbyterian Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 817, Jamestown, NC 27282 or to the Briana Carey Foundation, Inc., 9137 Wood Oak Rd., Soddy Daisy, Tenn. 37399. 470