OBITUARY: Joseph Earl Cobb

Joseph Earl Cobb, age 52 of Harrisburg, passed away on Monday, June 30, 2014, at Harrisburg Medical Center in Harrisburg.

He was born on May 27, 1962, in Chaffee, Mo., to James Earl and Doris Mae Keller Cobb. He married Mary Lynn Brown on June 6, 2011, and she survives.

Joseph was a veteran of the United States Army.

Survivors include his father, James Cobb of Moscow, Tenn.; his wife, Mary, of Harrisburg; four daughters, Jaclyn Bagley of Bethalto, Heather Richardson of Shelburn, Ind., Josie Cobb of Sullivan, Ind., Samantha Lucas of Merom, Ind.; one son, Jacob Sales of Bethalto; two step-sons, Alik Brown, Michael Riley, both of Harrisburg; one stepdaughter, Shauna Haney of Harrisburg; six brothers, David Cobb of Oakland, Tenn., Jerry Cobb of Wood River, Dan Cobb of Calif., Bill Cobb of Mo., Donnie Nizinski of Wood River, Gary Booth of Wood River; four sisters, Sheri Nizinski of Wood River, Lorine Gernon of Bethalto, Anna Pratt of Mt. Home, Ark., Margaret Stroup of Dexter, Mo.; an aunt, Jewel Hampton of Chaffee, Mo.; and seven grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Doris Cobb; a daughter, Emma Louis Cobb; and his parents who raised him since age 7, Gilbert and Emma Cobb.

Friends may call from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday, July 5, 2014, at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

Online condolences may be made at www.amick-burnettfuneralchapels.com