He was born in Lester, AL on March 4, 1945. He was a school teacher for over 40 years in the Giles County School System, volunteered at the library, was a Giles County Commissioner and served on the education committee, ambulance committee, and Rescue Squad committee for the Giles County Commission. He taught at Minor Hill, Richland, and Giles County High schools. He owned Cobb’s Book Corner and Foxhorn Photo Gallery on the Pulaski square. Mr. Cobb was a graduate of the University of Tennessee and was an avid UT fan and lifetime season ticket holder. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ray Lincoln Cobb and Mina Belle Bassham Cobb, and his grandparents, Leonard and Ocia Bassham.
He is survived by his wife, Ann Cobb of Pulaski, TN, daughter, Natalie Cobb Lewellen and husband Tim of Oxford, MS, his sons, Tyler (Ty) Cobb and wife Cara Lynn of Columbia, TN, and David Cobb and wife Ali of Pittsburgh, PA, his special aunts, Sarah Bassham Pierce of Minor Hill, TN, and Cyrlister (Clis) Bassham Shates of Pulaski, TN, his mother-in-law, Mamie Bryan of Pulaski, TN, his brothers-in-law, John Bryan and wife Debbie of Delrose, TN, and Joe Bryan and wife Rene of Bryson, TN, and his grandchildren, Grady Lewellen, Olivia Lewellen, Emersyn Cobb, Cambridge Cobb, and Baylor Cobb.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, January 19, 2019 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Carr & Erwin Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Carr & Erwin Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Giles County Public Library: 122 South 2nd Street, Pulaski, TN 38478 or the Fairview Church of Christ: 1765 Industrial Loop Road, Pulaski, TN 38478.
Carr & Erwin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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