The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-24
Buried in Her Wedding Gown

| De conducted this afternoon at O clock
at the family residence. 1901 South Sew
| enteenth street. DR.. Preston Blake, pas
tor of the Southside Baptist church, will
officiate. Following the funeral the body
Will lie in state until O'Clock tomorrow
! morning, when the remains Will be sent
! to Opelika for interment. The train Will
| reach there at noon and interment with
| brief ceremonies, will take place imme-
diately. She will be buried in her wedding
| gown.
| The following Will act >pallbearers:
! Lieut.. r. T. Batson, Z. S. A.; William C.
! OTerrell, John X. Underwood X. Clar-
| ence Stobert, A. Clinton Decker, Phares
| Coleman, Jr., Roger Williams, J. b. Born.
| Thomas Spencer, Frank Davis and John
| NJ. Bradley They were to have been
members of the bridal party.
The suddenness of Miss Cobb's death
was emphasized by the fact that on the
| evening previous she had attended a din
ner party at the Southern club, given in
| her honor by Miss Leila Wood daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sterling A. Wood.
She returned to her home in good spirits
| and her fiance. with Lieutenant Batson.
| concluded their call about IL o'clock and
| left the house. Miss Cobb retired. appar
! emily in good health and without com
| planning
Doctors Are Summoned
| About 80 O'Clock she went into her
|
| her arm panied her Other members Of
! the family were called and upon Miss
| CohbS failure TO grow better Dr. Cabot
| Lull, DIR. T.. NJ. Mason and trained
! nurse We're summoned. Despite every
| effort Miss Cobb sank steadily and lost
i consciousness. She did not speak again.
! Lieutenant Holiday was summoned and
arrived before the end but Miss Cobb did
! not recognize him nor could she speak to
| him
| Miss Cobb was born at Opelika, October
| IL, 1891, being % years of age. She was
| the daughter of DR.. Thomas COBB and
| Mrs. Lily A. Cobb. Her father died when
| she was s years old and her mother a
| year later, and it is beside them that she
| will sleep the long sleep. Since the death
| of her parents Miss Cobb had made her
home with her aunts. Mrs. Maud Wynn
and Mrs. Mary J. Lowe and her grand
| mother. Mrs. A. L. Condor.
| Miss Cobb was of one of the most dis
! tinguished families in the south. She is
| connected with the McNeils, Wades. and
| the Hamptons of South Carolina and
| the Cobbs of Alabama.
| Miss Cobb was a graduate of the Cen
| tral High school and attended the Marga-
ret Allen school and Sweetbrier college
of Virginia. She made her debut two
years ago at series of dinners unex-
Ielled In brillance in the social history
| of Birmingham Since coming out she
| has been the recipient of unprecedented
| social honors and was one of the most
widely loved and popular members of the
| younger set.
| Miss Cobb met Lieutenant Holiday
while on visit to West Point, where
| he was then a student nearly two years
| ago. The admiration was mutual and the
| announcement of their engagement fol-
! lowed about a month ago Besides her
social activity, Miss Cobb was widely
| known for her charity work. She was
| a member of the Guild of Mercy, an or
| ganizer of the Junior league and was
| formerly member of the Bachelor Girls
and the Highland Clan. She was identi-
| fled with the Y. w. C. A.. and with the
Southside Baptist church.
| Lieutenant Holiday is an officer of the
| Twenty infantry, United States
army. His father was of Scotch descent
| and his mother Virginia Marshall.
| Among those who We're to have attended
| Miss Cobb at her wedding are;
| Miss Clara Lee Woodson, Mrs. Cabot
Lull, Miss Margaret Coleman, Miss Eliza
beth Bowie, Miss Louise Long. Miss Leila
Woed, Miss Marguerite Robinson. Miss
| Florence Coffin, Miss Carol Woodson
! MISS Virginia Abbott. Miss Paula Gar
rison of Houston, Tex, Miss Lucia Van
| Hoose of Tuscaloosa The young men in
! the party were Lieutenant Batson of the
! United States navy, John Underwood,
Frank Davis, John Bradley, j. b. Born,
VIII O'Ferrell, Clifton Decker. Clarence
| Stobert Phares Coleman, Aaron Pleas
| ants of Houston, James Christian Of
| Lynchburg, Va DIR. Cabot Lull. Hugh
Lynchburg, Va, Dr. Cabot Lull and Hugh
| Martin.
Friends Are Stunned
| The death of Miss Cobb is regarded
as one of the saddest In the history of
| birmingham. Renowned for her gentle
| g..
grace and her intellect, she cut off
| In the bloom of her youth. Her friends
| are stunned at the tragedy, and scenes
| at the stricken home are indescribable
| Yesterday, Clem Phillips. her guardian,
who was to have given her in marriage.
tonight at the Southside Baptist church,
| arrived from Atlanta to follow the body
to the grave.
Yesterday morning a number of ladies
who were to have assisted in decorating
FOR the reception which 10 have been
given tonight after the wedding arrived.
They had not heard the news of Miss
Cobb's death.
During the morning messenger boys
bearing wedding presents came to the
door side by side with other boys with
flowers sent by sorrowing friends.
Within the house young ladies who
We're to have been members of the bridal
party walked with bowed heads and BURST
lately were lighted by the brilliance OF
her smile. But the dead slept on un-
needing. She was at rest
Friends of Miss Cobb as they gazed
down yesterday into the marble coun-
tenance, beautiful even in death, quoted
from the "Lenore' of Edgar Allen Poe:
'Come let the burial rite be read--the fu-
neral song be sung
An anthem for the queeliest dead that
ever died SO young
A dirge for her, the doubly dead in that
she died SO young