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Douglas Kevin Cobb, Sr. - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Jackson MS Clarion-Ledger June 19, 2007

MSgt. Douglas Kevin Cobb, Sr., 53, passed away Monday, June 18, 2007 at home after a valiant battle with 
liver cancer. Visitation will be 5-8pm today at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home on Highland Colony Parkway 
in Ridgeland and 10 am Wednesday at St. Peter's By the Lake Episcopal Church in Brandon. Funeral services 
will be 11:00am Wednesday at the church with graveside services at 3:00pm Wednesday at Silver Cross Cemetery 
in Tallulah, LA. 

MSgt. Cobb served in the US Air Force from June 1972 to April 1974. He joined the Mississippi Air National Guard 
172nd Air Wing in April 1974 and served until his death in June 2007. He served his country during the Vietnam 
Conflict, Operation Desert Storm, Desert Shield and the Iraq Conflict.

He was active in the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Youth baseball and softball. An avid fisherman, he loved the outdoors. 
He was very supportive of his dearly loved grandchildren.

He leaves behind his mother, Dorothy Sarah Bradley of Jackson; wife, Lisa Cobb of Ridgeland; daughters, Alecia Wasson 
and husband, Perry of Brandon and Pamela Cobb and fiancé, Josh Martin of Richland; son, Douglas Kevin Cobb, Jr., and 
wife, Stacy of Baton Rouge, LA; grandchildren, Jace, Ashleigh, Brennon, Abigail, and Jack; sister, Rebecca Wilkerson 
and husband, Terry of Jackson; mother and father-in–law, Charles and Lucy Davis of Pontotoc; and best friends, 
Gerald and Melanie Thornhill.

The family would like to express sincere appreciation to Dr. Bobby Graham and Odyssey Healthcare and their special 
staff members at both facilities for their loving and professional care.

The family requests that memorials be made to Liver Cancer Research /American Cancer Society, 1380 Livingston Ln., 
Jackson, MS 39213, or St. Peter's By the Lake Episcopal Church, PO Box 5026, Brandon, MS 39047.