Funeral Services for John Vernon Cobb, 86, of Corrigan, Texas will be held in the Corrigan Funeral Home Chapel in Corrigan, Texas with Father William A. Slight, M.S. officiating.
Interment will follow in the Union Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Cobb was born October 9, 1922 in Cuero, Texas and passed away Friday, January 23, 2009 in Lufkin, Texas. He was a member of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Lufkin and also served in the Army Air Corp during WWII as an airplane mechanic. He was a longtime member of the Corrigan City Council and mayor pro-term for many years. He was also a longtime member of the Corrigan Lions Club and along with Myrtis Sirman and Gordon Reily, he founded the Corrigan FFA Buyers Committee. He owned Corrigan Feed & Supply which he opened in 1953 and operated until he was well in his 70's. He was an avid bowler and only gave it up about a year ago when health issues forced him to stop.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J.W. and Ada Cobb; first wife: Elaine Haynes Cobb; brother: Vernon Hesse; mother-in-law and father-in-law: Maggie and Handley Haynes.
He is survived by his wife: Joyce Cobb of Corrigan, Texas; son and daughter-in-law: John Walter and Connie Cobb of Corrigan, Texas; daughter and son-in-law: Elizabeth and Terry Alsbrooks of Lufkin, Texas; grandson: John Bergman Cobb of Lufkin, Texas; brother: John Hesse; sisters-in-law and husband: Margaret Haynes, and Anita and Eugene Dunn.
Obituary edited.
Interment will follow in the Union Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Cobb was born October 9, 1922 in Cuero, Texas and passed away Friday, January 23, 2009 in Lufkin, Texas. He was a member of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Lufkin and also served in the Army Air Corp during WWII as an airplane mechanic. He was a longtime member of the Corrigan City Council and mayor pro-term for many years. He was also a longtime member of the Corrigan Lions Club and along with Myrtis Sirman and Gordon Reily, he founded the Corrigan FFA Buyers Committee. He owned Corrigan Feed & Supply which he opened in 1953 and operated until he was well in his 70's. He was an avid bowler and only gave it up about a year ago when health issues forced him to stop.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J.W. and Ada Cobb; first wife: Elaine Haynes Cobb; brother: Vernon Hesse; mother-in-law and father-in-law: Maggie and Handley Haynes.
He is survived by his wife: Joyce Cobb of Corrigan, Texas; son and daughter-in-law: John Walter and Connie Cobb of Corrigan, Texas; daughter and son-in-law: Elizabeth and Terry Alsbrooks of Lufkin, Texas; grandson: John Bergman Cobb of Lufkin, Texas; brother: John Hesse; sisters-in-law and husband: Margaret Haynes, and Anita and Eugene Dunn.
Obituary edited.
Funeral Services for John Vernon Cobb, 86, of Corrigan, Texas will be held in the Corrigan Funeral Home Chapel in Corrigan, Texas with Father William A. Slight, M.S. officiating.
Interment will follow in the Union Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Cobb was born October 9, 1922 in Cuero, Texas and passed away Friday, January 23, 2009 in Lufkin, Texas. He was a member of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Lufkin and also served in the Army Air Corp during WWII as an airplane mechanic. He was a longtime member of the Corrigan City Council and mayor pro-term for many years. He was also a longtime member of the Corrigan Lions Club and along with Myrtis Sirman and Gordon Reily, he founded the Corrigan FFA Buyers Committee. He owned Corrigan Feed & Supply which he opened in 1953 and operated until he was well in his 70's. He was an avid bowler and only gave it up about a year ago when health issues forced him to stop.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J.W. and Ada Cobb; first wife: Elaine Haynes Cobb; brother: Vernon Hesse; mother-in-law and father-in-law: Maggie and Handley Haynes.
He is survived by his wife: Joyce Cobb of Corrigan, Texas; son and daughter-in-law: John Walter and Connie Cobb of Corrigan, Texas; daughter and son-in-law: Elizabeth and Terry Alsbrooks of Lufkin, Texas; grandson: John Bergman Cobb of Lufkin, Texas; brother: John Hesse; sisters-in-law and husband: Margaret Haynes, and Anita and Eugene Dunn.
Obituary edited.
Interment will follow in the Union Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Cobb was born October 9, 1922 in Cuero, Texas and passed away Friday, January 23, 2009 in Lufkin, Texas. He was a member of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Lufkin and also served in the Army Air Corp during WWII as an airplane mechanic. He was a longtime member of the Corrigan City Council and mayor pro-term for many years. He was also a longtime member of the Corrigan Lions Club and along with Myrtis Sirman and Gordon Reily, he founded the Corrigan FFA Buyers Committee. He owned Corrigan Feed & Supply which he opened in 1953 and operated until he was well in his 70's. He was an avid bowler and only gave it up about a year ago when health issues forced him to stop.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J.W. and Ada Cobb; first wife: Elaine Haynes Cobb; brother: Vernon Hesse; mother-in-law and father-in-law: Maggie and Handley Haynes.
He is survived by his wife: Joyce Cobb of Corrigan, Texas; son and daughter-in-law: John Walter and Connie Cobb of Corrigan, Texas; daughter and son-in-law: Elizabeth and Terry Alsbrooks of Lufkin, Texas; grandson: John Bergman Cobb of Lufkin, Texas; brother: John Hesse; sisters-in-law and husband: Margaret Haynes, and Anita and Eugene Dunn.
Obituary edited.
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