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Cobb's first wife was the former Byrdie Ball of Buena Vista, Mississippi, where he had been the superintendent of the agricultural high school. The couple had two children, Cully, Jr., and David A. Cobb. Byrdie died in 1932, the same year that Cobb's mother expired.<ref name=cobbinst/> Cully, Jr., practiced neurosurgery in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howellallen.com/clinic/clinic_history.htm|title=Howell/Allen Clinic History|publisher=howellallen.com|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref> Grandson Cully A. Cobb, III (born 1943), is a neurosurgeon in [[Sacramento]], [[California]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Cully_Cobb.html|title=Dr. Cully Cobb: Neurological Surgeon|publisher=vitals.com|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref> and is affiliated with the John Sutter Neuroscience Institute there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://checksutterfirst.org/neuro/neurology/SNI_directory.pdf|title=Sutter Neuroscience Institute|publisher=checksutterfirst.org|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref>​

Cobb's first wife was the former Byrdie Ball of Buena Vista, Mississippi, where he had been the superintendent of the agricultural high school. The couple had two children, Cully, Jr., and David A. Cobb. Byrdie died in 1932, the same year that Cobb's mother expired.<ref name=cobbinst/> Cully, Jr., practiced neurosurgery in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howellallen.com/clinic/clinic_history.htm|title=Howell/Allen Clinic History|publisher=howellallen.com|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref> Grandson Cully A. Cobb, III (born 1943), is a neurosurgeon in [[Sacramento]], [[California]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Cully_Cobb.html|title=Dr. Cully Cobb: Neurological Surgeon|publisher=vitals.com|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref> and is affiliated with the John Sutter Neuroscience Institute there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://checksutterfirst.org/neuro/neurology/SNI_directory.pdf|title=Sutter Neuroscience Institute|publisher=checksutterfirst.org|accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref>​

In 1934, Cobb wed the former Lois P. Dowdle, a graduate of the [[University of Georgia]] at Athens who also enrolled in graduate studies at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca,  [[New York]].  During [[World War I]], Lois Dowdle had been director of Food Production and Food Preservation for Georgia as an appointee of [[Herbert Hoover]], the federal Food Administrator, who became U.S. President in 1929. Between 1932 and 1934, she was director of the American Institute of Home Grown Fats and Oils. She worked to convince the U.S. Congress to repeal restrictive legislation against the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine. She too wore many hats: editor, writer, schoolteacher, administrator, trustee, and homemaker. She was a president of the Georgia Home Economics Association and the only woman to have served as president of the Southern Association of Agricultural Workers, now known as the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Inc.,<ref name=cobbinst/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saasinc.org/Misc/By-Laws.pdf|title=Bylaws, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Inc.|publisher=saasinc.org|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​

In 1934, Cobb wed the former Lois Pauline Dowdle (1889-1987), a graduate of the [[University of Georgia]] at Athens who also enrolled in graduate studies at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca,  [[New York]].  During [[World War I]], Lois Dowdle had been director of Food Production and Food Preservation for Georgia as an appointee of [[Herbert Hoover]], the federal Food Administrator, who became U.S. President in 1929. Between 1932 and 1934, she was director of the American Institute of Home Grown Fats and Oils. She worked to convince the U.S. Congress to repeal restrictive legislation against the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine. She too wore many hats: editor, writer, schoolteacher, administrator, trustee, and homemaker. She was a president of the Georgia Home Economics Association and the only woman to have served as president of the Southern Association of Agricultural Workers, now known as the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Inc.,<ref name=cobbinst/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saasinc.org/Misc/By-Laws.pdf|title=Bylaws, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Inc.|publisher=saasinc.org|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​

Cobb was involved in civic and church affairs, having taught [[Sunday school]] for more than three decades at the Druid Hills [[Baptist]] Church in Druid Hills in Atlanta. He was also a member of the Masonic lodge. Mrs. Cobb was of [[Methodist]] affiliation but regularly taught a class at her husband's Baptist church.<ref name=cobbinst/>​

Cobb was involved in civic and church affairs, having taught [[Sunday school]] for more than three decades at the Druid Hills [[Baptist]] Church in Druid Hills in Atlanta. He was also a member of the Masonic lodge. Mrs. Cobb was of [[Methodist]] affiliation but regularly taught a class at her husband's Baptist church.<ref name=cobbinst/>​

​The Cobbs were also patrons of charity. They assisted student ministers from [[Emory University]] in Atlanta by providing some of them free housing in their garage apartment.<ref name=cobbinst/> In 1938, the Cobbs purchased an historic house in Decatur, Georgia, built by Michael Steele, a pioneer of DeKalb County, along with eighty-seven adjacent acres on which to raise grain and livestock. Upon Cobb's death, the property was donated to Emory University. The current owners bought the Steele-Cobb property in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicforsale.com/historicrealestate/PropertyDetail.aspx?id=812|title=Steele-Cobb House|publisher=historicforsale.com|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​

​The Cobbs were also patrons of charity. They assisted student ministers from [[Emory University]] in Atlanta by providing some of them free housing in their garage apartment.<ref name=cobbinst/> In 1938, the Cobbs purchased an historic house in Decatur, Georgia, built by Michael Steele, a pioneer of DeKalb County, along with eighty-seven adjacent acres on which to raise grain and livestock. Upon Cobb's death, the property was donated to Emory University. The current owners bought the Steele-Cobb property in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicforsale.com/historicrealestate/PropertyDetail.aspx?id=812|title=Steele-Cobb House|publisher=historicforsale.com|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​

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Mrs. Cobb spent her remaining years in Decatur, where she died at the age of ninety-eight a dozen years after her husband's death. The couple is interred in DeKalb County. Mississippi State University [[historian]] Roy Vernon Scott of Starkville, co-author with [[Jimmy Shoalmire]] of a 1973 biography of Cobb, was a pallbearer at Cully Cobb's funeral.​<ref>Statement of Roy Vernon Scott, July 16, 2010.</ref>​

Mrs. Cobb spent her remaining years in Decatur, where she died at the age of ninety-eight a dozen years after her husband's death. The couple is interred in DeKalb County. Mississippi State University [[historian]] Roy Vernon Scott of Starkville, co-author with [[Jimmy Shoalmire]] of a 1973 biography of Cobb, was a pallbearer at Cully Cobb's funeral.​<ref>Statement of Roy Vernon Scott, July 16, 2010.</ref>

 

==Cobb Institute of Archaeology==​

==Cobb Institute of Archaeology==

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In June 1971, the couple first provided funding for the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, which includes multiple classrooms, research labs, offices, a library, and a [[museum]].<ref>http://www.cobb.msstate.edu/</ref> Groundbreaking at the building site followed on April 14, 1973. On that occasion, the Cobbs were joined by MSU president William L. Giles. Cobb said that he was inspired to establish the institute in Starkville because of how much Mississippi State had meant to his life. Construction began in 1974 and was completed in 1975, five months after Cobb's death. Mrs. Cobb last visited the institute in 1979 on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4AWmyJvZwkwC&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=Cully+A.+Cobb+of+Mississippi&source=bl&ots=nAzOqyAYY0&sig=KoO2owS8OASqKGmUNvVYqDm6vxs&hl=en&ei=2t0_TMafEoK0lQeOksGvDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Cully%20A.%20Cobb%20of%20Mississippi&f=false|author=Victor A. Danilov|title=''Women and Museums: A Comprehensive Guide''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​

In June 1971, the couple first provided funding for the Cobb Institute of Archaeology, which includes multiple classrooms, research labs, offices, a library, and a [[museum]].<ref>http://www.cobb.msstate.edu/</ref> Groundbreaking at the building site followed on April 14, 1973. On that occasion, the Cobbs were joined by MSU president William L. Giles. Cobb said that he was inspired to establish the institute in Starkville because of how much Mississippi State had meant to his life. Construction began in 1974 and was completed in 1975, five months after Cobb's death. Mrs. Cobb last visited the institute in 1979 on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4AWmyJvZwkwC&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=Cully+A.+Cobb+of+Mississippi&source=bl&ots=nAzOqyAYY0&sig=KoO2owS8OASqKGmUNvVYqDm6vxs&hl=en&ei=2t0_TMafEoK0lQeOksGvDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Cully%20A.%20Cobb%20of%20Mississippi&f=false|author=Victor A. Danilov|title=''Women and Museums: A Comprehensive Guide''|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref>​