Thomas B. Cobb

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
January 11, 1995, Page 10

Thomas Cobb

Funeral services for Thomas Cobb, 76, of Route 1, Pineland, were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, 1994, at the chapel of Livingston Funeral Home in Groves with Pastor David Logan officiating. Interment followed at Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery.

He died Thursday, Dec. 29, 1994, in Beaumont.

Born April 18, 1918, Cobb had resided off FM 83 between Pineland and Hemphill several years and was a former resident of Jefferson County. He was a retired industrial painter with Local Painter's Union #2013, A U.S. Merchant Marines veteran, and a member of the East Mayfield Missionary Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth White Pratt Cobb on Dec. 30, 1993.

Survivors: step-daughter, Carolyn Murphy of Beaumont; step-sons Woodrow Pratt Jr. of Beaumont and Joseph Pratt of Friendswood; six grandchildren; and a brother, Houston Cobb of Engleside, Texas.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society at P.O. Box 4, Pt. Neches, TX 77651.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2009)

Thomas married Ruth Ethel White on 21 May 1981 in Sabine County, Texas. Ruth (daughter of John Madison White and Katie Morris) was born on 26 Jul 1926 in Sabine County, Texas; died in Dec 1993 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]