A History of Zion Baptist Church, Brownsville, Tennessee
Compiled by Bernie W. Cobb
Courtesy: Lynn Cobb
“In transporting my life to this period of history, I now feel a belonging to each generation composing Zion Church. To have shared their struggles and triumphs while being pestered with the outside world, has engendered highest respect and admiration for their indomitable spirit of perseverance.”
—Bernie W. Cobb, 1982
Bernie Wright Cobb Sr., a former Haywood County, Tenn. judge, was born in Brownsville, Tenn. on March 7, 1908 to Thomas Adelbert Cobb (1877-1920) and Elizabeth F. Gordon Cobb (1879-1938). Cobb grew up on the corner of Zion and Poplar Corner Roads. He married Mildred Binford Cobb (1910-2001) in 1931 and they had three sons: Tommy A. Cobb (1942-1942), Bernie Wright Cobb Jr. (1944-2014) and Lynn Cobb who is a general sessions court judge in Memphis. Bernie Cobb Sr. died in 1995 at age 87 and was buried in the Zion Baptist Church cemetery.
You may also want to check out:
A Tribute to the Veterans of Zion Baptist Church
and
Holly Grove Baptist Church, Celebrating
125 Years of Worship and Ministry, 1885-2010
You can explore my Haywood County family lines at HaywoodCountyLine.com or read blog posts about the history of West Tennessee on my blog page.