Junior Cobb Signed Wood Carving Folk Art Tree Spirit -Vintage-Arkansas

Published by admin on June 16, 2024

Signed wood carving by Junior Cobb. Folk art tree spirit. This 1970’s era collectible signed item is made by world renowned wood carver Junior Cobb. His carvings have been featured in National Geographic magazine and can be seen at the Smithsonian Museum. Cobb’s work is highly prized and increasing in value. A rare and beautiful piece of Americana.

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Junior cobb wood carver

of Gassville, AR

March 24, 1941 - December 12, 2011

Mr. Junior R. Cobb, age 70 of Three Brothers , Arkansas passed away Monday December 12, 2011 at Gassville Nursing Center. He was born March 24, 1941 in Polk Sothern, Arkansas to Elmer and Ruby (Acklin) Cobb. He married Helen Duncan on August 14, 1961 in Midway, Arkansas.

Mr. Cobb was a well known wood carver. His carvings are collected all over the world. One of his carvings is in the art collection of the White House in Washington, D.C.

He is survived by his wife, Helen Cobb, three daughters; Sue Stapleton of Wideman, Arkansas, Kathy Sutterfield of Mountain Home, and Rosie Cobb of Mountain Home, two sons; Kenny Cobb of Mountain Home and Billy Cobb of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, 4 sisters; Bonnie (Gary) Vaughn, Faye (Michael) Clark, Virginia Taylor, Willa Mae Wagner, three brothers; W.A. (Mable) Cobb, Billy (Clara) Cobb, Michael Cobb, 12 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.

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Rick Pierce

Mountain Home, AR

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Junior was a friend of a friend when I met him. He took Bob Kelso on digs in the forest back when I was a youth. Bob had a madonna (bust) Junior had done which was just a thing of beauty. He was capable of so much more than the hillbilly carvings he was famous for.

In about 1973 Dad traded for a fish carving for a console in his first new boat, an apple green topped Kingfisher from Dick Cole. He wanted a silver console in it. In about 36 hours Junior had the bass trophy mount in the office out of a large sycamore limb. Over the years we traded a few goodies and carvings until right before he quit carving.

God bless his family,

Mary Jones

Bentonville, AR

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Dear Family of Junior Cobb,
I knew Junior when I was the librarian and a teacher at the Mountain Home School on South College. I enjoyed his art work and always wished I had a piece of his wood carving. I have thought of Junior often. We moved from Mountain Home (a place I dearly loved) to Bentonville in 1962.
Mary Jones
703 NW 8th Street
Bentonville, AR. 72712