Monroe (MI) Evening News Sat., Sept. 20,
1997 p16A
Mellennee Cosby
Mellennee Cosby, 71, of Monroe died 6:30 p.m.. Thursday at Mercy
Memorial
Hospital, where she had been patient for the last week. She had been in
poor health for many years and seriously ill the past two months.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday
at Rupp Funeral Home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the funeral
home with the Rev. Guy Ervin of First Christian Baptist Church, Newport,
officiating. Burial will be at Roselawn Memorial Park, LaSalle.
Born Jan. 14, 1926, in Pennington Gap, Va., she was the daughter of
Monroe
and Pearl (Young) Roberts. She married Hubert Cosby on Aug. 16, 1952, in
Jonesville, Va. He died Nov. 19, 1984.
She was a member of the First Christian Baptist Church and the
Frenchtown
Senior Citizens Center.
Surviving are a son, Eric A. (Tony) Cosby Sr. of Monroe; a daughter
Teresa
Cosby of Monroe, and three grandsons.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister Pauline Livesay,
and a
brother, Roy E. Roberts.
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