- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mr. E.C. (Jack) Cobbs
- Date of Original:
- 1982-12-22
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Claxton--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Claxton--20th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Evans County, Claxton, 32.16158, -81.904
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Mr. E.C. (Jack) Cobbs. Date of funeral service: December 22, 1982. Location of funeral service: Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Claxton, Georgia, [no time specified]. Birth date: September 15, 1911. Death date: December 16, 1982.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-082
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-082
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Original Collection:
- African American Funeral Programg Collection, Evans County African American Archive Museum, Evans County Community Center (Claxton, Ga.)
- Holding Institution:
- Evans County Community Center (Claxton, Ga.)
- Rights:
-
Funeral Services
FOR
Mr. E. C. [Jack] Cobbs
Wednesday, Dec. 22,1982
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
ROUTE 1, CLAXTON, GEORGIA
REV. R. J. JOHNSON-PASTOR
REV. J. C. WILLIAMS-OFFICIATING
INTERMENT-CHURCH CEMETERY
HARPERS FUNERALHOME IN CHARGE
CLAXTON, GEORGIA
OBITUARY
Mr. E. C. (Jack) Cobbs was born September 15,1911, to
the late Mr. E. M. Cobbs and Mrs. Mary Cobbs.
He departed this life December 16, 1982, after a long
illness.
He was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church.
He leaves to mourn a devoted wife, Mrs. Mamie Lue
Cobbs, Claxton, Ga.; step-mother, Mrs. Emma Cobbs,
Statesboro, Ga.; two brothers, Penton Cobbs, Claxton, Ga.,
Lawson Cobbs, Elizabeth, N.J.; two sisters, Mrs. Amanda
Smith, Claxton, Ga., Mrs. Edna Conyers, Cobbtown, Ga.;
five brothers-in-law, Mr. Willie Hagan, Ocala, Fla., Mr.
Remers Hendrix, Mr. Roosevelt Smith, Claxton, Ga.; Rev. E.
W. Rawls, Collins, Ga., Dea. James Conyers, Cobbtown,
Ga.; five sisters-in-law, Mrs. Albertha Cobbs, Mrs. Leola
Cobbs, Claxton, Ga., Mrs. Janie Mae Cobbs, Elizabeth, N.J.,
Mrs. Lillie Cobbs, Rahway, N.J., Mrs. Retha Rawls, Collins,
Ga.; a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and
friends.
ORDEROFSERVICES
Processional
Hymn
Scripture
Invocation
Selection
Remarks:
As A Friend............................Grady Denson
As I Knew Him .........................Henry Mikel
Solo....................................Mrs. Dell Rogers
Acknowledgement and Obituary
Eulogy................................Rev. J. C. Williams
Viewing of Remains
Recessional
Curtis Cobbs
Johnny Benjatnin
Walter George
PALLBEARERS
Weston Smith
Calvin Riley
Freddy Smith
Derrion Cobbs
FLOWER BEARERS
Ushers and Friends
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Family of the late Mr. E. C. (Jack) Cobbs wishes to
thank its many friends and relatives for all acts of kindness
and expressions of sympathy extended to them during their
hour of bereavement.
May God bless each of you is our prayer.