Hill of Brockton, June 18,2004, Rennie H. (Cobb) Hill, 95 years. Sister of Charles E. Cobb of Florida and the late Cecile Cobb. Special friend of Charlene Ellis and her family of Bridgewater.
Funeral Service in the J. Frank Conley Funeral Home, 138 Belmont Street (Rte 123) Brockton Wednesday 11 am. Burial in Colebrook Cemetery, Whitman. Visitation Wednesday 10-11am. Donations in Rennie’s memory may be made to the American Lung Assoc. of South Eastern Mass., 1 Abby Lane, Middleboro, MA 02346.
Obituary
Rennie H. Hill died Friday at the South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center in Rockland after a period of failing health. Born in Sandwich and raised in Whitman, daughter of the late Charles E. and Laura C. (Harvey) Cobb. She had been a Brockton resident for many years and for several years resided at the Westview Rest Home in E. Bridgewater. She has been a registered barber for over 50 years and the first registered woman barber in Massachusetts. She worked at Iacova’s Barber Shop in Whitman and was also a nurse in St. Joseph’s Manor, Green Oaks, Brae Burn and Tiffany House Nursing Homes. She had an interest in Astrology and at one time would read palms and cards. Member of the New England Baptist Church.
She is survived by a brother Charles E. Cobb of Lecanto, Florida, a niece Diane Wilson of Kingston, a nephew Gerald Cobb of Halifax and a dear friend Charlene Ellis of Bridgewater
Sister of the late Cecile R.W. Cobb