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Ricky Earl Cobb 1953 - 1994

Ricky Cobb of Pinetops, Edgecombe County, NC was born on July 10, 1953 to Herman Cobb and Thelma Leoda Brown. He had siblings Shelby Jean Moseley, Frances Moseley, Bobby Grey Cobb, Carolyn Faye Cobb, and Edward Herman Cobb. He married Cathy Marie Bass, and had children Heather Marie Cobb and Jessica Leigh Cobb. Ricky Cobb died at age 40 years old on July 1, 1994, and was buried on July 3, 1994 at Edgecombe Memorial Park 2879 US-258, in Tarboro.

Ricky Cobb

Pinetops, Edgecombe County, NC 27864

July 10, 1953

July 1, 1994

Male

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Ricky Cobb's History: 1953 - 1994

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Introduction

Ricky and Cathy were married on May 25, 1973. Ricky went into renial failure at age 21 due to streptococcus settling in the kidneys from untreated sickness in his teenage years. Ricky was one of the first “at home” dialysis patients in Eastern NC in the mid 1970’s and received a cadaver donor kidney in March of 1977. He was the first renial transplant patient at the new Duke North Hospital in May 1980 where there were complications caused by the hospital resulting in his daughter, Heather, celebrating her first birthday in the hospital with her family. Due to the high doses of steroids to prevent organ rejection, Ricky suffered many other illnesses including an enlarged heart, stroke, foot drop, and a wrist fusion. Even with all these health issues Ricky was always smiling and happy. He never complained, even to his wife about pain or disability. Ricky loved his family, immediate and extended, and was a happy, loveable man. He loved his Mama and continued to help her any way he could until his death. He loved children and always wanted a house full of child laughter. He was always willing to help someone in need. Birthdays, not just his, were always a special time to him because he never knew if he’d see another one. He tried to live every day like his last and created many memories with his family in his short time on earth. He loved his girls, Cathy, Heather and Jessica, so much he died for them so they would not continue to be burdened by his sickness. His fight for life truly ended in the wee hours of the morning on June 26, 1994 when he coded in his hospital room at Pitt Memorial Hospital. He was on life support until July 1, 1994 when his wife Cathy, mother Thelma, brother Ed and long time family friend, Marilyn Proctor Peaden held his hands as he left this world. He will always be remembered as a hero in the eyes of his family, especially his daughter, Heather, and his grandchildren.
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1953

Birthday

July 10, 1953

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Ethnicity & Family History

White
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1994

Death

July 1, 1994

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Cause of death

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07/3

1994

Gravesite & Burial

July 3, 1994

Funeral date
Edgecombe Memorial Park 2879 US-258, in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina 27886, United States
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