Lottie Cobbins

Obituary Mother Lottie May (Smith) Cobbins was born June 20, 1933 to Lester Smith and Maggie Bowman in Blytheville, Arkansas. Lottie departed this life on Saturday, May 30, 2020 surrounded by family at her home of 60 years in Kansas City, Missouri. As a young woman, Lottie Cobbins attended Richard B. Harrison High School in Blytheville, Arkansas. Lottie was a young bright individual as she excelled in school, was the national spelling bee champion for the state of Arkansas and was crowned homecoming queen both her junior and senior year. From Blytheville, she spent early adulthood in Little Rock, Arkansas. Lottie found her new home in Memphis, Tennessee where she relocated with her family from Little Rock. It was in Memphis where she started her own family and met the love of her life, Deacon Lee Cobbins. Together they raised four loving children, Willie, Shirley, Larry and Earl. In 1957, Lee and Lottie Cobbins moved to Kansas City, Missouri where they started their own property management company, L&L Properties. They operated this business from 1957 until the passing of Lottie’s late husband in September of 2013. In addition to operating L&L Properties, Lottie helped start and establish a nonprofit ministry called Sober-1 House of Hope with her son Earl Cobbins, which lives on in her absence. Lottie helped bring hundreds of souls to Christ through this ministry which several of these young men are present today. Along with being an extraordinary woman, Lottie Cobbins was a mother to many. She served as the glue to her family and was a pillar to friends, extended family, and her community. Lottie loved gospel music, outings with the family, and traveling. She never failed to show up for her grandchildren’s activities and was regularly known as their biggest fans. Lee and Lottie shared the love for baseball and could always be found right behind home plate. Lottie was a faithful church-going woman and wore many extravagant hats. She also did professional modeling in for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City. She was proceeded in death by Lee Cobbins (Husband), Maggie Bowman (Mother), Robert Bowman (Uncle), and Lou Retta Jackson (Aunt). She leaves to mourn four children, Willie (Shirldean), Shirley (Paul), Larry (Alfreda), and Earl (Jacqueline); ten grandchildren, Trana (Chris), Lottie, Louis IV, Amanda (William), Larry Jr, Earl W. Jr - Punch, Brittany, Earl C. Jr, Donzell (Karista), Christopher; fourteen great grandchildren, Caleb (Sasha), Tanea, Jada, Louis V, Emery, Will Jr, Cailyn, Josiah, Briyanna, Donzell Jr, McKae, Kiley, Camorie, Ca’Niya; one great-great grandson, Giovanni; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, June 6th at Friendship Baptist Church 3530 Chelsea Dr. KCMO. Visitation 9:00 A.M. Internment Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Lottie Cobbins, please visit our floral store. Read More