Burney "Sammy" Cobb, 84, of Savannah, widower of Ida Mae Powell Cobb, died Tuesday morning, July 12, 2011, at his home under the care of Hospice Savannah.
Born in Cobbtown, he was a son of the late Newton Melvin Cobb and the late Carrie Sewell Cobb. Mr. Cobb was of the Baptist faith. He was a United States Navy veteran of World War II. After the war, he returned to Cobbtown to continue farming until 1953 when he moved his family to Savannah to begin working for Union Camp as a machine operator. Mr. Cobb retired as a truck driver after 37 years of service with Union Camp. He served as president of the Frank C Baker Local #435 of The International Paper Workers. He was a member of the Union Camp Quarter Century Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 660 in Thunderbolt, Georgia. In his younger years, he played third base for the Cobbtown Sports Baseball Team.
Surviving are two daughters, Glenda Hendricks and her husband, Glynn, of Savannah, and Debora Montgomery and her husband, Donald, of Summerville, SC; four sons, Burney Morris Cobb, Raymond D. Cobb, Sr. and his wife, Carol, Mark Cobb and Michael Cobb, all of Savannah; 10 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 funeral service was held Thursday morning in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service conducted by the Reverend Dale D. Richardson. Interment followed in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.
Remembrances may be made to Hospice Savannah, Post Office Box #13190, Savannah, Georgia 31416-0190.
Please share your thoughts about Mr. Cobb and his life at www.gamblefuneralservice.com.
Born in Cobbtown, he was a son of the late Newton Melvin Cobb and the late Carrie Sewell Cobb. Mr. Cobb was of the Baptist faith. He was a United States Navy veteran of World War II. After the war, he returned to Cobbtown to continue farming until 1953 when he moved his family to Savannah to begin working for Union Camp as a machine operator. Mr. Cobb retired as a truck driver after 37 years of service with Union Camp. He served as president of the Frank C Baker Local #435 of The International Paper Workers. He was a member of the Union Camp Quarter Century Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 660 in Thunderbolt, Georgia. In his younger years, he played third base for the Cobbtown Sports Baseball Team.
Surviving are two daughters, Glenda Hendricks and her husband, Glynn, of Savannah, and Debora Montgomery and her husband, Donald, of Summerville, SC; four sons, Burney Morris Cobb, Raymond D. Cobb, Sr. and his wife, Carol, Mark Cobb and Michael Cobb, all of Savannah; 10 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 funeral service was held Thursday morning in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service conducted by the Reverend Dale D. Richardson. Interment followed in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.
Remembrances may be made to Hospice Savannah, Post Office Box #13190, Savannah, Georgia 31416-0190.
Please share your thoughts about Mr. Cobb and his life at www.gamblefuneralservice.com.
Burney "Sammy" Cobb, 84, of Savannah, widower of Ida Mae Powell Cobb, died Tuesday morning, July 12, 2011, at his home under the care of Hospice Savannah.
Born in Cobbtown, he was a son of the late Newton Melvin Cobb and the late Carrie Sewell Cobb. Mr. Cobb was of the Baptist faith. He was a United States Navy veteran of World War II. After the war, he returned to Cobbtown to continue farming until 1953 when he moved his family to Savannah to begin working for Union Camp as a machine operator. Mr. Cobb retired as a truck driver after 37 years of service with Union Camp. He served as president of the Frank C Baker Local #435 of The International Paper Workers. He was a member of the Union Camp Quarter Century Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 660 in Thunderbolt, Georgia. In his younger years, he played third base for the Cobbtown Sports Baseball Team.
Surviving are two daughters, Glenda Hendricks and her husband, Glynn, of Savannah, and Debora Montgomery and her husband, Donald, of Summerville, SC; four sons, Burney Morris Cobb, Raymond D. Cobb, Sr. and his wife, Carol, Mark Cobb and Michael Cobb, all of Savannah; 10 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 funeral service was held Thursday morning in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service conducted by the Reverend Dale D. Richardson. Interment followed in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.
Remembrances may be made to Hospice Savannah, Post Office Box #13190, Savannah, Georgia 31416-0190.
Please share your thoughts about Mr. Cobb and his life at www.gamblefuneralservice.com.
Born in Cobbtown, he was a son of the late Newton Melvin Cobb and the late Carrie Sewell Cobb. Mr. Cobb was of the Baptist faith. He was a United States Navy veteran of World War II. After the war, he returned to Cobbtown to continue farming until 1953 when he moved his family to Savannah to begin working for Union Camp as a machine operator. Mr. Cobb retired as a truck driver after 37 years of service with Union Camp. He served as president of the Frank C Baker Local #435 of The International Paper Workers. He was a member of the Union Camp Quarter Century Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 660 in Thunderbolt, Georgia. In his younger years, he played third base for the Cobbtown Sports Baseball Team.
Surviving are two daughters, Glenda Hendricks and her husband, Glynn, of Savannah, and Debora Montgomery and her husband, Donald, of Summerville, SC; four sons, Burney Morris Cobb, Raymond D. Cobb, Sr. and his wife, Carol, Mark Cobb and Michael Cobb, all of Savannah; 10 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 funeral service was held Thursday morning in the chapel of Gamble Funeral Service conducted by the Reverend Dale D. Richardson. Interment followed in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.
Remembrances may be made to Hospice Savannah, Post Office Box #13190, Savannah, Georgia 31416-0190.
Please share your thoughts about Mr. Cobb and his life at www.gamblefuneralservice.com.
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