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. Wanda Rabb researching RABB (NC/SC), (GANTT (NC), NIX, ROBERTSON, WILSON, CONNER, JONES (Rutherford Co.NC), LAWS (Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), EDWARDS & KELLEY (NC), CAUSBY & PATTON (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) PAXTON (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), FARRIS & MORRIS (York Co., SC) LOVELACE, HAMRICK, GREEN, and MCSWAIN (Cleveland Co., NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html