William Henry Cobble

Mr. William Henry Cobble, Jr., age 89, died November 1, 2010 at Collinsville Nursing Home. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and moved to Fort Payne at an early age. After graduating from Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Georgia, he attended Auburn University. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II as Crew Chief on B24 and B17 airplanes. Upon his discharge from the service, he returned to Fort Payne to join the family’s business and manage the Fort Payne Hosiery Mill. He was co-founder and later owner of Valley Steel, Inc., as well as the founder of Valley Knit, Inc. in 1982. Mr. Cobble served on the Central Bank Board, the Industrial Development Board and the Southern Association of Hosiery Manufacturers Board. He was a former member of Rotary Club, Shriners, Jaycees, Steel Joist Institute and Southern Association of Steel Fabricators. He was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church, where he previously served as Finance Chairman and Board of Stewards. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Henry Cobble and Nellie Moon Cobble; brothers, Arthur Cobble, Robert (Bobby) Cobble; and sisters, Mary Pyron and Syd Burns. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Betty Wilson Cobble; his son, William Cobble III and wife Katie, of Fort Payne; his daughters Suzanne and husband, Danny O’Keefe, DDS of Madison, Mississippi, Jeannie and husband, Russell King, of McLean, Virginia, and Carol Cobble of Charlotte, North Carolina; five grandchildren, Scott Majure, of Jackson, Mississippi, David Majure, MD, of San Francisco, California, Melanie Majure, MD, of Menlo Park, California, Sarah King, of New York City, NY, and Michael King, of New York City, NY; great-grandchild, Sebastian Majure, sister Julia Malcolm, of Fort Payne; and numerous nephews and nieces. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 3 at Wilson Funeral Home. Services will be on Thursday, November 4 at 2 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Russell and Rev. Reagin Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers are Scott Majure, David Majure, Michael King, Nick Akins, Lee Cobble, Steve Malcolm, John Pyron, and Phillip Cobble. In lieu flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Christian Life Center Fund, First United Methodist Church. Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

William Henry Cobble

November 6, 1920 - November 1, 2010