Juanita Robertine Cobb

Following a private family graveside service at Rhymes Cemetery, a memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Rayville United Methodist Church for Robertine Rhymes Cobb. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 A.M. in the church Fellowship Hall. Robertine was born September 6, 1920 and passed away on January 11, 2016 after a brief illness at the age of 95. She attended Rayville Elementary and High School graduating from Gulf Park preparatory school in Gulfport, Mississippi then from Sophie Newcomb College and Tulane University law school in New Orleans in 1942. After practicing law a short while, she was married to Dr. Ben Cobb in 1943. After the war ended and Dr. Cobb finished his surgical training they came home to Monroe to practice surgery. During this time they became the parents of 5 daughters. At this point Robertine was active in the medical auxiliary and she and Mrs. Burchall Liles helped Dr. Cobb and Dr. Liles to start NLU’s school of nursing. Always, Robertine’s love of farming kept her headed daily for the farm. After the death of her father, Robert Ray Rhymes in 1960, she and her sister Jane Rhymes Oliver managed the farm until their mother’s death in 1982. After Dr. Cobb retired from the practice of surgery, the Cobbs moved to live in the family home on Boeuf River and Robertine continued to farm. Robertine was on the ground floor of the planning for the restoration of the Rhymes Library. This library is the oldest parish library in the state of Louisiana and is on the National Register of Historic Places. She served on the board of trustees since its formulation and also served on the board of trustees for the Richland Parish Library. She was a member of the Rayville United Methodist Church.She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert R. and Pearl Roark Rhymes, her husband Dr. Ben B. Cobb, her sister Jane Rhymes Oliver, her daughter Amanda Cobb Mott and grandson Joe Block Barham.She is survived by her daughters- Roberta Joseph and husband, Colley, Janie Barham and husband, Andy, Bibb Ingram and husband, Carlos, Caroline Boggs and husband, Drexell; fourteen grandchildren-Cobb Morgan and wife, Shawn, Marlowe Barham and husband, Preston, Amiee Morgan, Benjamin Joseph, David Joseph and wife, Jamie, Joshua Joseph, Will Barham and wife Sara, Amanda Jane Vaughan and husband, Scott, Micah Barham and wife, Alex, Katie Rob Ambrose and husband, Wes, Stewart Ingram, Hunter Boggs and wife, Jackie, Walker Boggs and wife, Natalie, Thomas Boggs and wife Julie; fifteen great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild. Many thanks to her longtime companion, helpmate and friend Essie Mae Washington.Online registry/condolences made at www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com.Arrangements under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Rayville, LA.