Lillie Belle Boyd Cobbs

Lillie Belle Boyd Cobbs December 31, 1907 - July 6, 2007 Lillie Belle Boyd Cobbs passed away Friday, July 6, 2007 at St. Catherine's Center. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2007 at China Spring Cemetery with the Rev. Su Milam officiating. Burial will follow at the China Spring Cemetery. She will be in state from 1:00 p.m. Sunday, July 8, 2007 at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey. Lillie was born December 31, 1907 on the Boyd family farm at Erath. She lived a spirited, frugal, industrious life. She loved gardening and playing games at the Harrison Center. As a child she always wanted a pony for Christmas, but always got a bag of fruit and nuts, which she appreciated. She worked many years at the downtown Goldstein Migel department store and later at the Fairgate Grants. She married Frank Cobbs in 1932 and they lived on McKenzie Avenue all their married lives. Frank Cobbs, a retired Waco fireman, died in 1973. Lillie Belle was predeceased by her brothers Travis Boyd and Marshall Boyd and her sisters Catherine Rentz, Lucy Cobbs and Edith Boyd. Immediate surviving nieces and nephews are Sarah Fenstemaker of Granbury, Carol Boyd Sharp of Waco, Dinah Boyd Abood of Anchorage Alaska, Patricia Boyd Morigi of Arlington, Stanley Rentz and Brenda Rentz Golubski of Waco. Aunt Miss, as she was known in the family, will be missed by all. The family invites you to leave a message or memory in our “Memorial Guestbook” at www.wilkirsonhatchbailey.com.