Mary McKinley Cobb of Athens, Georgia was born on December 30th, 1844 and passed at the age of 82 on May 23rd, 1927 after a long illness. She was a prominent Athenian woman and embodied Southern womanhood throughout her days.
Active member of the Athens Ladies Memorial Association, Mildred Lewis Rutherford, a.k.a. "Miss Millie", was a prominent historian for the Confederate telling of the Civil War.