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| death_place=Decatur, DeKalb County, [[Georgia]]​

| death_place=Decatur, DeKalb County, [[Georgia]]​

|spouse=(1) Byrdie Ball Cobb (married 1910-1932, her death)​

|spouse=(1) Byrdie Ball Cobb (married 1910-1932, her death)​

(2) Lois Dowdle Cobb (married 1934-1975, his death)​<br>

(2) Lois Pauline Dowdle Cobb (married 1934-1975, his death)​<br>

'''Children''':<br>

'''Children''':<br>

Two sons from first marriage:<br>

Two sons from first marriage:<br>

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'''Cully Alton Cobb, Sr.''' (February 25, 1884 &ndash; May 7, 1975),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref> was an agricultural pioneer, educator, printer, journalist, and philanthropist in the American South who with his second wife, Lois Dowdle Cobb (August 1, 1889 &ndash; August 9, 1987),<ref name=ssdi/> co-founded the Cobb Institute of Archaeology on the campus of [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville, [[Mississippi]].

'''Cully Alton Cobb, Sr.''' (February 25, 1884 &ndash; May 7, 1975),<ref name=ssdi>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=July 16, 2010}}</ref> was an agricultural pioneer, [[educator]], [[journalist]], printer, publisher, and philanthropist in the American South who with his second wife, Lois Pauline Dowdle Cobb (August 1, 1889 &ndash; August 9, 1987),<ref name=ssdi/> co-founded the Cobb Institute of Archaeology on the campus of [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville, [[Mississippi]].

==Background==

==Background==

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 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>​

In 1934, Cobb wed the former Lois Pauline 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>​

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/>​