Archibald E. CLAY

[2022]

1808 - 1886

Family 1 : Elizabeth S. COBBS
  1.  Anna CLAY
  2.  Edwin Thomas CLAY
  3.  Mildred L. CLAY
  4. +Irving Anderson CLAY

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George E. COBB

1916 - ____

Father: William B. COBB
Mother: Nettie Lee ROBERTS 

                       _Jesse Mayfield COBB ______________+
                      | (1829 - 1900) m 1853              
 _William B. COBB ____|
| (1865 - 1949) m 1904|
|                     |_Margaret "Mary" Verlumaly COOPER _
|                       (1837 - 1900) m 1853              
|
|--George E. COBB 
|  (1916 - ....)
|                      ___________________________________
|                     |                                   
|_Nettie Lee ROBERTS _|
  (1888 - 1964) m 1904|
                      |___________________________________

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Howell COBB (Jr)

[8624]

7 DEC 1922 - 16 SEP 2005

Father: Howell COBB
Mother: Dorothy HART

Family 1 : Laetitia Torrance CHALMERS
  1. +Howell "Chip" COBB
Family 2 : Amelia SUBERBIELLE
  1.  Catherine COBB
  2.  Mary Ann COBB
  3.  Caroline COBB
  4.  Thomas Hart COBB
  5.  John Lamar COBB 
                       _Andrew Jackson COBB _+
                      | (1857 - 1925) m 1881 
 _Howell COBB ________|
| (1894 - 1945)       |
|                     |_Starke CAMPBELL _____
|                       (1859 - 1901) m 1881 
|
|--Howell COBB 
|  (1922 - 2005)
|                      ______________________
|                     |                      
|_Dorothy HART _______|
  (1894 - 1966)       |
                      |______________________

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Beaumont Enterprise, The (TX) - September 21, 2005
Deceased Name: Howell Cobb
The Honorable Howell Cobb, Senior Judge of the Eastern District of Texas, died in Castine, Maine, Friday, September 16, 2005. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 5:00 until 8:00 P. M. Wednesday, September 21, 2005, at Broussard's Mortuary, 2000 McFaddin, in Beaumont, Texas. Services will be held at 2:00 P. M. Thursday, September 22, 2005, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, the Rev. A. Dean Calcote officiating. The committal will follow in Magnolia Cemetery. Judge Cobb was born December 7, 1922, to lawyer and state circuit judge Howell Cobb and his wife, Dorothy Hart Cobb, in Atlanta, Georgia. Shortly thereafter, the family returned to their home in Athens, Georgia. In 1925, the family moved to Albany, Georgia, where Cobb attended Albany public schools. In 1934, the family moved to Lake Burton, Georgia, where he was home-schooled by his mother. From 1935 to 1940, he attended Darlington School in Rome, Georgia; Western High School in Washington, D. C.; and Albany High School, graduating in the spring of 1940. From 1940 to 1942, he attended St. John's College at Annapolis, Maryland. On Cobb's nineteenth birthday, December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. In March of 1942, he volunteered as a Naval Cadet, hoping to become a fighter pilot, and in April of 1943, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. On December 16, 1943, he married Laetitia Torrance Chalmers. In December of 1944, he was deployed to the South Pacific Theater as a fighter/bomber pilot, stationed on Eniwetok, Majuro, Guam, and the Palau Islands. In the fall of 1945 Cobb worked as a temporary teacher at Albany Junior High School, and in January of 1946, he entered undergraduate school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. In June of that year, he was accepted into the University of Virginia Law School, graduating with an LL.B. in June of 1948, and thereafter attended the University of Texas Law School to prepare for the Texas Bar Examination. He began his legal career in Houston, Texas, with the law firms of Kelly & Ryan and later, Fountain, Cox, & Gaines. In 1954 he was hired by the firm of Orgain, Bell, & Tucker in Beaumont, becoming a partner in 1956. Cobb's wife, Torrance, died in September of 1963. On July 3, 1965, he married Amelie Suberbielle, and the couple subsequently became active in the Republican Party, becoming friends with Texas Senator John Tower, who recommended Cobb to President Ronald Reagan. On April 4, 1985, Reagan appointed Cobb a United States District Judge. He served for twenty years, assuming senior status as a sitting judge in March of 2001. Judge Cobb's son, artist John Lamar Cobb, painted his official portrait, which hangs in his courtroom. Judge Cobb was a descendant of an illustrious Georgia family; his great-grandfather, Howell Cobb, served as Governor of Georgia, Representative to the United States Congress from Georgia, Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, and Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan. He was also a leading candidate for the presidency of the Confederate States of America and led Cobb's Legion as a Major General during the War Between the States. His grandfather, Andrew Jackson Cobb, served as Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court as well as a Trustee of the University of Georgia. Judge Cobb was a member of Kappa Alpha Order (Beta Mu, 1941), and on January 23, 1998, was inducted into the fraternity's Walsh Court of Honor. He inherited from his father a strict sense of legal ethics and a sharp wit, and was known in the legal and judicial fields and among his friends for his acute judgment, keen intellect, broad education, and wide knowledge of the law. His daughter Caroline Cobb Ervin remembers that he always told his children, "Your inheritance from me will be a good name, a code of honor, a fine education, and a few warm memories." Judge Cobb is survived by his wife, Amelie Suberbielle Cobb; his six children and their spouses, Catherine Cobb Cook and her husband, David; Howell "Chip" Cobb III and his wife, Bonnie; Mary Ann Cobb Walton and her husband, Ray; Caroline Cobb Ervin and her husband, Jimmy; Thomas Hart Cobb and his fiancee, Farrah Smith; and John Lamar Cobb and his wife, Monica. He is also survived by his grandchildren: Andrew, Martha, and Matthew Cook; Nicole, Natalie, James, Torrance, Travis, and Thomas Cobb; Ben, Elizabeth, Adam, Nathan, Christopher, Matthew, and Sarah Grace Walton; Elizabeth, William, and Emily Ervin; Austin Gonsoulin; Olivia Cobb; and finally, Howell Campbell Cobb (en route); and by his extended family. Also very close to him were his assistant for over forty years, Dru Ann Wiley, and longtime special family friend Adlene Reed. Pallbearers will be Tanner T. Hunt, Lipscomb Norvell, Lawrence Louis Germer, Stanley Plettman, Patrick L. Bell, and William Allen Rienstra. Honorary pallbearers will be Judge Cobb's fellow members of the Federal bench and the numerous law clerks who have served with him over the years. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be given to Ubi Caritas, 4400 Highland Avenue, Beaumont, Texas, 77705; Catholic Charities, P. O. Box 829, Beaumont, Texas, 77704; All Saints Episcopal School, 4108 Delaware, Beaumont, Texas, 77706; or the charity of choice.

Beaumont Enterprise, The (TX)
Date: September 21, 2005
Page: A10
Record Number: 0509210041
Copyright, 2005, The Beaumont Enterprise

Paper: Beaumont Enterprise, The (TX)
Deceased: JUDGE HOWELL COBB
Date: November 22, 2005

December 7, 1922 - September 16, 2005 Judge Howell Cobb, 82, of Beaumont, died Friday, September 16, 2005 in Castine, Maine. Survivors include his wife, Amelia Suberbielle Cobb of Beaumont; daughters, Catherine Cobb Cook and her husband David, Mary Ann Cobb Walton and her husband Ray and Caroline Cobb Ervin and her husband Jimmy; sons, Howell iChipi Cobb III and his wife Bonnie, Thomas Hart Cobb and his fiancE Farrah Smith and John Lamar Cobb and his wife Monica; grandchildren, Andrew Cook, Martha Cook, Matthew Cook, Nicole Cobb, Natalie Cobb, James Cobb, Torrance Cobb, Travis Cobb and Thomas Cobb, Ben Walton, Elizabeth Walton, Adam Walton, Nathan Walton, Christopher Walton, Matthew Walton, Sarah Grace Walton, Elizabeth Ervin, William Ervin, Emily Ervin, Austin Gonsoulin, Olivie Cobb and Howell Campbell Cobb; extended family, Dru Ann Wiley; and longtime special family friend, Adlene Reed. Memorial services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at St. Markis Episcop!
al Church under the direction of Broussard's, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont.

Paper: Beaumont Enterprise, The (TX)
Deceased: Judge Howell Cobb: Final respects for two judges Tone of memorial service matches Cobb, friends say
Date: November 24, 2005

U.S. District Judge Howell Cobb's memorial service Wednesday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church proceeded with a simplicity and humor fitting to the man, friends said.


Cobb, 82, died Sept. 16 of a massive heart attack.


His funeral service had been scheduled for Sept. 22, the day the mandatory evacuation for Hurricane Rita was called.


The church service was moved to 10 a.m., then cancelled in favor of a simple graveside service when it was discovered that the church was closed for the duration.


Druann Wiley, Cobb's secretary for 41 years, recalled that it was very hot, standing in the cemetery.


Through the rushed service amid the chaos of the evacuation from Rita, the small group kept a sense of humor about it all.


"Nobody would have appreciated this chaos more than he would," Wiley said after the service. "He would have been laughing his head off."


"He was a good boss and he had a great sense of humor," Wiley said after the service.


Cobb's final days, spent on vacation in Maine, were relaxed and enjoyable, Wiley said.


"He was chipper right up to the end," she said, adding that he had told his wife, Amelie, that he had enjoyed the vacation more than any other.


Cobb's daughter, Caroline Ervin of Washington, D.C., read a letter from him, written for the occasion.


"Please do not be sad or grieve for me this day. I have lived a long, full, and happy life. I have had many good times, and some bad times -- so have we all. Our life is a passage, a wonderful trip during our temporary journey on this planet.


"...To my wife, my love and gratitude for consenting to marry me and for sustaining and loving me these many years. To my children, I thank all six of you for making life fun, interesting and rewarding.


"...I am not saying goodbye to any of you. We shall all meet again. I am just leaving a little earlier than you are."


Cobb had definite ideas about his funeral -- he left word that the minister was to keep the service short. "Three to five minutes, max," were his words on the subject.


The Rev. Dean Calcote said he'd known Cobb mostly as a parent. By the time his six children made their ways through All Saints School, over many years, the next generation was coming along -- all 21 of them.


"Rejoice in the fullness of life he exemplified," Calcote said. "A life lived in faith, trust and commitment to a living God."


He reminded mourners that the occasion was not just one of sadness for his loss, but of thanksgiving for the way their lives had been touched by and included in his.


"Death is not an ending only, but a new beginning,"


Constable Charles Wiggins Jr. and his wife, Trisha Wiggins, found the service "beautiful."


The Wiggins had known him since Trisha Wiggins had worked together in the same law firm, Organ Bell and Tucker, beginning in 1982.


"We know he was a fine, upstanding good man -- a good father," Charles Wiggins said.


Trisha Wiggins had happened to speak to Cobb several weeks before his sudden death when he called the law firm where she now works with Cobb's son.


"We had a really sweet visit, and talked about old times," she said. "He will be missed; he's quite a character."


smoore@ beaumontenterprise. com


(409) 833-3311, ext. 419

Author: The Enterprise
Section: Obituaries
Page: A12

Copyright, 2005, The Beaumont Enterprise


Author: The Enterprise
Sarah Moore
Section: A-Section
Page: A1

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Hubert H. COBB

[2565]

30 MAR 1896 - 23 OCT 1940

Father: Andrew Miller COBB
Mother: Louisana HOUSE

Family 1 : Lillian Emma JONES
  1. +Henry Jackson COBB
  2.  Doris Mae COBB 
                       _Ambrose COBB _______+
                      | (1831 - 1912) m 1851
 _Andrew Miller COBB _|
| (1867 - 1921) m 1893|
|                     |_Melinda HUNTER _____
|                       (1830 - 1913) m 1851
|
|--Hubert H. COBB 
|  (1896 - 1940)
|                      _____________________
|                     |                     
|_Louisana HOUSE _____|
  (1875 - 1926) m 1893|
                      |_____________________

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Mary Lou COBB

1917 - ____

Father: Elbert Howell "Booker" COBB
Mother: Mary S. "Mollie" LNU 

                                _Elbert Howell COBBS __+
                               | (1827 - 1912) m 1848  
 _Elbert Howell "Booker" COBB _|
| (1872 - 1957) m 1897         |
|                              |_Abigail Matilda GRAY _
|                                (1832 - 1900) m 1848  
|
|--Mary Lou COBB 
|  (1917 - ....)
|                               _______________________
|                              |                       
|_Mary S. "Mollie" LNU ________|
  (1878 - 1960) m 1897         |
                               |_______________________

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Nancy L. COBB

APR 1884 - ____

Father: James Ellis COBB
Mother: Nancy STANDRIDGE 

                       _John C. COBB _______+
                      | (1813 - 1870) m 1835
 _James Ellis COBB ___|
| (1847 - 1900) m 1874|
|                     |_Isabella COPELAND __
|                       (1814 - 1890) m 1835
|
|--Nancy L. COBB 
|  (1884 - ....)
|                      _____________________
|                     |                     
|_Nancy STANDRIDGE ___|
  (1852 - ....) m 1874|
                      |_____________________

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Andrew Wesley CRENSHAW

5 OCT 1877 - 7 DEC 1943

Father: Samuel Luther CRENSHAW
Mother: Mary Jane COBB

Family 1 : Mary Etta MCABEE
  1.  Jamie C. CRENSHAW
  2.  Wayne Winfield CRENSHAW
  3.  Thomas Harold CRENSHAW
  4.  Jack M. CRENSHAW 
                           _______________________________
                          |                               
 _Samuel Luther CRENSHAW _|
| (1836 - 1913) m 1868    |
|                         |_______________________________
|                                                         
|
|--Andrew Wesley CRENSHAW 
|  (1877 - 1943)
|                          _Milton Hamilton Denmark COBB _+
|                         | (1820 - 1912) m 1848          
|_Mary Jane COBB _________|
  (1849 - 1918) m 1868    |
                          |_Rebecca Emily ADAIR __________+
                            (1824 - 1889) m 1848

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Dan Edward HOUCH

20 JAN 1925 - 9 FEB 1992

Father: Willie H. HOUCH
Mother: Willie Mae COBB 

                       ____________________________
                      |                            
 _Willie H. HOUCH ____|
|  m 1924             |
|                     |____________________________
|                                                  
|
|--Dan Edward HOUCH 
|  (1925 - 1992)
|                      _Sidney James COBB _________+
|                     | (1888 - 1938) m 1904       
|_Willie Mae COBB ____|
  (1904 - 1960) m 1924|
                      |_Mary Jane Elizabeth HALEY _
                        (1880 - 1959) m 1904

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Nolan Thomas "Tommy" HUGHES

____ - ____

Father: Nelson HUGHES 

                       _Clayton HUGHES _______+
                      | (1895 - 1987)         
 _Nelson HUGHES ______|
|                     |
|                     |_Minnie Alice PERKINS _+
|                       (1900 - 1985)         
|
|--Nolan Thomas "Tommy" HUGHES 
|  
|                      _______________________
|                     |                       
|_____________________|
                      |
                      |_______________________

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