John Vernon Cobb

Funeral Services for John Vernon Cobb, 86, of Corrigan, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 27, 2009 in the Corrigan Funeral Home Chapel in Corrigan, Texas with Father William A. Slight, M.S. officiating. Visitation will be held Monday, January 26 from 6-9 p.m. in the Corrigan Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Union Springs Cemetery. Mr. Cobb was born October 9 1922 in Cuero, Texas and passed away Thursday, January 23, 2009. He was a member of the St. Patrick¹s Catholic Church in Lufkin and also served in the Army Air Corp during WWII as an airplane mechanic. He was a longtime member of Corrigan City Council and mayor pro-term for many years. He was also a longtime member of the Corrigan Lions Club and along with Myrtis Sirman and Gordon Reily, he founded the Corrigan FFA Buyers Committee. He owned Corrigan Feed & Supply which he opened in 1953 and operated until he was well in his 70¹s. He was an avid bowler and only gave it up about a year ago when health issues forced him to stop. He was preceded in death by his parents, J.W. and Ada Cobb; first wife: Elaine Haynes Cobb; brother: Vernon Hesse; mother-in-law and father-in-law: Maggie and Handley Haynes. He is survived by his wife: Joyce Cobb of Corrigan, Texas; son and daughter-in-law: John Walter and Connie Cobb of Corrigan, Texas; daughter and son-in-law: Elizabeth and Terry Alsbrooks of Lufkin, Texas; grandson: John Bergman Cobb of Lufkin, Texas; brother: John Hesse; sister-in-laws and husband: Margaret Haynes and Anita and Eugene Dunn Pallbearers: Wallace Dickson, John Myrtis Sirman, Bobby Smiley, Ralph Cockrell, Ervin Cockrell, Billy Mac Cockrell, Wayne Haynes and Buddy Dunn. Funeral Services Entrusted to Corrigan Funeral Home, Inc.