 1926 - 2011 (84 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Burney Cobb was born on 16 Aug 1926 in Cobbtown, Tattnall, Georgia, USA (son of Newton Melvin Cobb and Carrie Sewell); died on 12 Jul 2011 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA; was buried on 14 Jul 2011 in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Sammy
- SSN issued: Bef 1951, Georgia, USA
- Residence: 1986, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
- Residence: 21 Mar 1999, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
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Died:
BURNEY "SAMMY" COBB
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Burney “Sammy” Cobb, 84, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Ida Mae Powell Cobb, died Tuesday morning, July 12, 2011, at his home under the care of Hospice Savannah.
Born in Cobbtown, Georgia, he was a son of the late Melvin Cobb and the late Carrie Sewell Cobb. Mr. Cobb was of the Baptist faith. He was a United States Navy veteran and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 660 in Thunderbolt. Mr. Cobb retired as a truck driver after 37 years of service with Union Camp. In his younger years he played baseball for the Cobbtown Spots.
Surviving are two daughters, Glenda Hendricks and her husband, Glynn, of Savannah, Georgia, and Debora Montgomery and her husband, Donald, of Summerville, South Carolina; four sons, Burney Morris Cobb, Raymond D. Cobb, Sr. and his wife, Carol, Mark Cobb and Michael Cobb, all of Savannah, Georgia; ten grandchildren, Chris Collier, Brian Collier and his wife, Stephanie, B. J. Cobb, Shaun Montgomery, Jeffrey Montgomery, Catherine Montgomery, Carrie Montgomery, Raymond Cobb, Jr., Jessica Wynn and her husband, Lee, and Michael Cobb, and five great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 o'clock Wednesday evening at Gamble Funeral Service - 410 Stephenson Avenue.
The funeral service will be held at 12 noon Thursday in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service conducted by The Reverend Dale D. Richardson. Interment, with full military honors, will be in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.
Remembrances: Hospice Savannah - Post Office Box #13190, Savannah, Georgia 31416-0190.
Burney married Ida Mae Powell on 16 Aug 1947 in Cobbtown, Tattnall, Georgia, USA. Ida (daughter of Jacob Coy Powell and Debbie Rewis) was born on 10 Nov 1931 in Cobbtown, Tattnall, Georgia, USA; died on 8 Feb 1995 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA; was buried on 10 Feb 1995 in Forrest Lawn Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Newton Melvin Cobb was born in Sep 1890 in Cobbtown, Tattnall, Georgia, USA; died on 19 Apr 1931 in Cobbtown, Tattnall, Georgia, USA. Newton + Carrie Sewell. Carrie was born on 4 Apr 1896 in Cobbtown, Tattnall, Georgia, USA; died on 4 Mar 1965 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Carrie Sewell was born on 4 Apr 1896 in Cobbtown, Tattnall, Georgia, USA; died on 4 Mar 1965 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA. Children:
- 1. Burney Cobb was born on 16 Aug 1926 in Cobbtown, Tattnall, Georgia, USA; died on 12 Jul 2011 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA; was buried on 14 Jul 2011 in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA.
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