Ritzville honors Cobbs as Grand Marshals for community parade

Haley Roybal | Last updated Sep 01, 2016 12:0pm0

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GRAND MARSHALS. Jim and Bev Cobb have been selected as Grand Marshals for the annual Ritzville Community Parade. The Cobbs have been dedicated to community service and volunteering in Ritzville, and will lead the parade on Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. -Journal photo by Haley Roybal

Two friendly faces will make their way down Main Avenue for Ritzville’s Community Parade on Saturday, Sept. 3. The people of Ritzville have chosen Beverly (Bev) and Jim Cobb, to be this year’s parade Grand Marshal’s.

Born in Minnesota, Bev moved and grew up in a small town in North Dakota where she said she experienced her most cherished childhood memories. Her high school sweetheart, Jim, grew up in Indiana before he moved to Vancouver in 1951.

A couple years later, Bev moved to Vancouver in 1953 where she met Jim in high school and they began dating in 1955. By 1958 the two married and have...