Mable Glynn (Bowman) & William Richard "Dick" Cobb
Tombstone Photo
Silent Home Cemetery
Roll, Roger Mills County, OK

© Karen Harman

William Richard "Dick" Cobb

© Cheyenne Star

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

William Richard Cobb, 86, was born December 20, 1899 in Baird, Texas to Joseph Hoyle and Octavia Alice Cobb and passed from this life Wednesday, March 5, 1986, in the Cheyenne Convalescent Home following an extended illness.

He moved with his parents as a child to Texola.

On November 27, 1917, he was married to Mable Glynn Bowman in Mayfield, Oklahoma. They continued to live in Texola until 1927 when they moved to Roll to make their home.

Mr. Cobb was a retired farmer and rancher.

Those who preceded him in death were his parents; his wife, who passed away in 1969; one brother; two sisters and one son.

Survivors include one daughter, Mary Frances Foster of Chandler, Oklahoma; one son, Fred Cobb of Strong City, Oklahoma; five grandchildren; twelve great- grandchildren; two brothers, Buford Cobb of Shamrock, Texas; and Charles Cobb of Lewisville, Texas; and one sister, Irene Howell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Funeral services were conducted Friday, March 7, 1986, in the Magnolia Baptist Church of Crawford, Oklahoma with Clyde Denney and A. L. Martin officiating.

Interment followed in the Silent Home Cemetery, Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Cheyenne.

Pall bearers were Woodrow Barber, Leroy Bowers, Harold Hubbard, Hoover Jones, Ike Lucas and Claude Peck.