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Charlie Lombard Cobb, 77, of Port Orange, FL passed away on August 8, 2023. He was born on September 12, 1945, in Augusta, Georgia, to parents Dr. Ty Cobb, Jr. and Mary Dunn Cobb, and was named for his paternal grandmother, Charlie Lombard Cobb, whom Charlie dearly loved. He spent his early years in Dublin, Georgia, but when his father passed away when Charlie was 7, his mother and the three children moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, to be close to her family. Charlie attended North Ridgewood, Lenox, Ortona, and Seabreeze High schools. In high school, he excelled in 3 sports and was offered a college scholarship to play basketball at Florida State University and accepted a scholarship to play football at Georgia Tech. Soon after graduating from GT, he joined the US Army and served from 1969 - 1971, serving one year in Vietnam. His duty in Vietnam took him into the jungle at times, implanting sensor devices to be monitored for moving metal or ground vibrations. His exposure to Agent Orange on these missions is the presumed cause of the multiple myeloma cancer which led to his death. During his service, he earned a Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars for achievement. After his military discharge, he began his work in mortgage banking, and then was hired by State Farm Insurance Company to become an agent in Edgewater, FL. He operated his agency for 27 years before retiring in December, 2008. Retirement plans were short lived, because his cancer was diagnosed in early 2010, and most of his time was spent getting treatment at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. While in business, he was very active in civic groups, community organization’s boards, volunteer work, and church leadership. A famous American, Will Rogers, once made the statement, “I never met a man I didn’t like”. Everyone who knew Charlie would say, “There was not a person Charlie Cobb met who didn’t like him”. He had an engaging smile and made everyone who met him feel they had been friends for years. He was thoughtful, caring, generous, and a true Southern gentleman. He will be greatly missed! He was predeceased by both parents and his older brother Ty, and is survived by his wife, Peggy, his sister Peggy Cobb Schug (John), son David Cobb, daughter Laura Cobb, his stepson Kent Wetherell (Edie), and seven grandchildren (Emily and Ty Wetherell; Cadence, Sydney and Kelsey Cobb; and Andrew and Ashlyn Triolo). A Memorial Gathering is being held Friday, September 8, 2023, from 2:00 to 4:30 pm at the Lakeside Community Center in the Port Orange City Center, 1999 City Center Circle, Port Orange, Fl 32129

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Charles Lombard Cobb

September 12, 1945 - August 8, 2023