Wonderful wife, devoted mother, proud and caring grandmother and great grandmother, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 29, 2015. She was born in Smyrna, Georgia to Fannie Mae Wills Cobb and Mark Vivan Cobb, January 23, 1927. She was the sister of Marjorie Cobb Levesque and Mark Vivan Cobb, Jr. She was preceded in death by her son, Harry Alexander Nix, Jr. (Hank) and is survived by her husband, Harry Alexander Nix; daughter, Nancy Celeste Nix Jones; son, David Andrew Nix and his wife, Laura; grandchildren, Callie Lathangue, Hunter and Harrison Jones, Alexander, Alyssa and Grayson Nix; great grandson, Teddy Lathangue; and daughter-in-law, Donna Wheeler. Bobbie was the Salutatorian at Smyrna High and editor of “The Bombshell” newspaper. She graduated from West Georgia College in 1945 where she was President of the Officers’ Club, Treasurer of Zeta Sigma Pi, editor of West Georgian newspaper and recipient of the Gordon Watson Memorial Certificate. She married Harry Alexander Nix in 1947 and pursued her love of journalism at The Cobb County Times and The Atlanta Journal. Bobbie was active in church committees at Wieuca Road Baptist Church and involved in PTA and school committees at each of her children’s schools. She enjoyed Garden and Bridge Clubs. She was a skilled seamstress making window treatments, slipcovers, and most of hers and her daughter’s clothing. Bobbie returned to school to become an interior designer and built her own business, B. Nix Interiors, Inc. She was an active member of The Atlanta Symphony Women’s Guild. Bobbie and Harry shared 67 years of friendship and love. She was gracious and expressed her strong Christian faith in every aspect of her life. She was always devoted to family and cherished many special friendships. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made “in memory of Bobbie Cobb Nix” to The Link Counseling Center, 348 Mt Vernon Highway, NE, Atlanta, GA 30328 or The Harry A Nix, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund at Wofford College, 429 N. Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303. A memorial service will be Friday, February 6, 2015 at 2 o’clock at Patterson’s Arlington Chapel. Interment will follow at Arlington Memorial Park. The Family will receive friends Thursday from 6 to 8 o’clock and also one hour prior to the service at H.M. Patterson and Son, Arlington Chapel, 173 Allen Rd., NE, Sandy Springs, GA 30328.
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