Pauline Tingen Cobb

Pauline Tingen Cobb, 97, of 94 Mary Jane Bigelow Road, Yanceyville, NC died on Monday, August 18, 2014 at the Hospice Home in Burlington, NC after a decline in health over the past two months. Mrs. Cobb was born on September 4, 1916, in Person County, NC, a daughter of the late Otha H. Tingen and Bessie Long Tingen. Mrs. Cobb lived most of her life in Caswell County, NC where she was a home maker. She loved to quilt, work in her garden, and cook family dinners. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church where she actively served as an Elder, a Deacon and as Treasurer for many years. On April 27, 1935 Mrs. Cobb married James Oldham Cobb, Sr. who died in July of 1971. Mrs. Cobb is survived by one daughter, Josephine “Jo” Wilson and her husband Tommy, and one son Bobby Cobb and wife Sherry all of Yanceyville, one brother R.B. Tingen and wife Tennie of Roxboro, two sisters, Annie Mae Denny, and Marie Long, both of Richmond, VA, a daughter-in-law, Linda Cobb, and six grandchildren, Lisa Wilson, Ricky Wilson (Lori), Shannon Wilson (Pam), Traci Coleman (Jay), Carolyn Poteat (Alan), Amy Webster (Chris), and eight great-grandchildren. She was predeceased in death by daughter, Jeanette Cobb, and two sons, James Cobb Jr. and Larry Cobb, and by six sisters and three brothers. Mrs. Cobb loved her God and her family. She taught them how to be strong in the face of diversity and how important God and family are as we travel this life on Earth. Funeral Services will be conducted on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. from Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church by the Reverend Richard LaDew. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall following the service and at other times they will be at the residence, 94 Mary Jane Bigelow Road off of NC Hwy 86S, Yanceyville, NC 27379. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Hospice Home of Burlington, 918 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC, or to Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church, C/o Traci Coleman 95 Mary Jane Bigelow Road, Yanceyville, NC 27379. Wrenn-Yeatts Funeral Home, Yanceyville Chapel is respectfully serving the Cobb family.

Pauline Tingen Cobb

September 4, 1916 - August 18, 2014