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Eli Sanford Cobb

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Community involvement
Cobb was also active in advocating for more opportunities for Pensacola's black citizens, serving as a member of the City of Pensacola Recreation Board's Negro Advisory Committee as well as the City Council's "Biracial Committee." Cobb long pushed for a community center to be built in the largely black [[Eastside]] neighborhood; the city council voted in 1966 to build the center and name it in Cobb's honor.<ref name="harmony" /> The center was completed and opened in 1967.<ref>"Cobb Community Center Dedicated." ''Pensacola Journal''. 13 February 1967.</ref>
 
Cobb was also a charter member of the [[Hanniton Watts American Legion Post 193]] and a longtime member of [[St. Paul United Methodist Church]].<ref>Cobb Obituary. ''Pensacola Journal''. 21 March 1977.</ref>
==Death==