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Sidney Smith Cosby

Birth
Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, USA
Death
17 Nov 1940 (aged 66)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
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Sidney Smith Cosby, 66-year-old filling station operator, was found dead in the bed of his residence, 1542 Jonesboro Road, yesterday morning, police reported. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes.

He is survived by his wife; four daughters, Mrs. L. H. Duke, of Charleston S.C.; Mrs. R. L. Burgamy, of Sparta, Ga.; and the Misses Winnie and Doris Cosby; and a stepdaughter, Miss Louise Jordan; a son, William Cosby, of Warrenton, Ga.; two brothers, Charlie Cosby, of Milledgeville, and J. M. Cosby; three sisters, Miss Emma Cosby, of Sparta, and Mrs. Winnie Smith and Mrs. J. H. Anderson, both of Devereux, Ga.

Services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Lakewood Heights Baptist Church, of which he was a member. The Reverend J. L. Henderson will officiate, and burial will be in Antioch cemetery, under the direction of J. Austin Dillon Company.
Sidney Smith Cosby, 66-year-old filling station operator, was found dead in the bed of his residence, 1542 Jonesboro Road, yesterday morning, police reported. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes.

He is survived by his wife; four daughters, Mrs. L. H. Duke, of Charleston S.C.; Mrs. R. L. Burgamy, of Sparta, Ga.; and the Misses Winnie and Doris Cosby; and a stepdaughter, Miss Louise Jordan; a son, William Cosby, of Warrenton, Ga.; two brothers, Charlie Cosby, of Milledgeville, and J. M. Cosby; three sisters, Miss Emma Cosby, of Sparta, and Mrs. Winnie Smith and Mrs. J. H. Anderson, both of Devereux, Ga.

Services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Lakewood Heights Baptist Church, of which he was a member. The Reverend J. L. Henderson will officiate, and burial will be in Antioch cemetery, under the direction of J. Austin Dillon Company.


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  • Created by: Bill Blackstock
  • Added: Mar 26, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87386722/sidney_smith-cosby: accessed ), memorial page for Sidney Smith Cosby (6 Nov 1874–17 Nov 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 87386722, citing Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Bill Blackstock (contributor 47688203).