Linda Jane Cobb

Linda Jane Rinehardt Cobb, 76, of Highway 73 East, Concord, passed away at her residence on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. A celebration of Linda’s life will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at St. John’s Lutheran Church with the Rev. Dr. Mark Ericson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Cobb family will receive friends from 1 until 2:30 p.m. at the church. Linda was born in Cabarrus County on Jan. 3, 1941, to the late Zeb Vance Rinehardt and Jettie Andrews Rinehardt. She was preceded in death by her sister, Margaret Ann Rinehardt Scott. A 1959 graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School, Linda was secretary of Mt. Pleasant Middle School until July 1990. She was a devoted wife, mother and an especially adoring grandmother to her three grandchildren. Beyond her family, few things gave her more pleasure than her flowers and the study of genealogy. Linda traced her family’s history to the 1700s, when they arrived in America on Sept. 21, 1742, aboard the Frances and Elizabeth ship that sailed from Germany. Survivors include her husband of 58 years, George A. Cobb of the home; a son Steven G. Cobb, and a daughter, Beth C. Hawk and her husband Jim, all of Concord; a grandson, Alan Cobb of Cherryville and two granddaughters, Julianne and Lyndy Hawk of Concord. Memorial contributions may be directed to Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, 28081, or to St. John’s Lutheran Church, 100 St. John’s Church Road, Concord, 28025.