Dodge-Pulaski-Telfair County GaArchives Obituaries.....Willcox, John K. April 2, 1952 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: M Sgt Robert [Bob] K, Jr. Nobles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001076 March 17, 2014, 8:40 pm DODGE COUNTY NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, Volume VIII., 1949-1955, By : Tad Evans, See Page 4174 {For Date}, Thursday, April 10, 1952, See Pages 4177 & 4178 {For Obituary} DODGE COUNTY NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS Volume VIII. 1949-1955 By: Tad Evans See Page 4174 {For Date} Thursday, April 10, 1952 See Pages 4177 & 4178 {For Obituary} FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. JOHN K. WILLCOX WERE HELD APRIL 8. By: Mrs. O. A. Gentry Funeral services for John K. Willcox, 71, retired farmer and naval stores operator of Eastman were conducted in the Chapel at Horne Funeral Home Thursday of last week by Rev. Max O'Neal, assisted by Rev. David G. Mann. Favorite selections were sung by Mrs. Gertrude Harrell, Mrs. Henrietta Bussey and Mrs. Anne S. Parkerson, accompannied at the organ by Mrs. W. J. Daniel. Pallbearers were Cicero Coleman, Jason Jarrard, Ed McCranie, G. E. Hicks, E. H. Ware, R. T. Ragan and Henry Hardin. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery, with Horne Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Willcox passed away in a local hospital April 2, following an extended illness. He was born on May 24, 1880 in Pulaski county, the son of Louis Barge and Marthan Jane Willcox. He had five brothers, all of whom preceded him in death, and two sisters who survive. His bothers were Bob Lee, Mitchell G., James C., Lewis W. and Grady Willcox. He went to Wldo, Florida, in 1898, and was employed by Millican Naval Stores Company. The next year he entered King's College, Fernandina, Florida, and after graduation returned to Millican Naval Stores where he held a very responsible position for several years. Mr. Willcox returned to Georgia in 1905, and became associated with Dorminey and Willcox Naval Stores Company of Savannah. Later, for reasons of health, his doctors advised life on a farm and 1n 1908 he returned to Pulaski county, eventually becoming owner of the ancestral Willcox home and farm. Here he became an outstanding planter and citizen of this section. He was instrumental in building a church and school in his community and was ever a kind and generous friend to teachers and preachers and their families. In 1928, Mr. Willcox and family moved to Eastman, at which time they became members of the First Baptist Church here. Until two years ago, when his health failed. Mr. Willcox continued to give most unselfishly of time, money and strength to every good cause and anyone in need found him a true friend. He is survived by his wife, the former Margaret Rebecca Coffee; two daughters, Mrs. R.N. Williamson and Mrs S. James Harden; two sisters, Mrs. S. D. Hicks, Tampa, Florida; and Mrs. H. H. Odom, Atlanta; and three grndchildren, John Karl, Jimmy and Margaret Harden Attending the funeral from out of the city were: Mrs. Leonard Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Daniels, Wilbur Conner,, Mr. and Mrs.J. T. Willcox, Mrs. J. C. Willcox, Hawkinsville, Mrs Lewis Willcox, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Willcox and Mitchell Willcox, Abbeville; Mr. and Mrs H. H. Odom; Mrs L. F. Studstill, Mrs. Sue Bohannon, Mr. nd Mrs. H. C. Justice and Miss Hope Justice, Macon; Mrs Morris Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Williams, Jackie and Nancy; Miss Martha Willcox, George Willcox, James Willcox, of McRae; Mr. and Mrs. William Williams and children; Mr and Mrs Hamilton willcox of Lumber city; Mrs S. J. Harden and J. Henry Harden of Fitzgerald. Additional Comments: TRIBUTE TO J. K. WILLCOX By: Monica McRae That charming character known as the gentleman of the Old South, combined courtly manners with love of the soul. Not all of these men are gone, but on April 2, 1952, one of the best specimens of the Old South passed on his home in Eastman. His residence was in a grove. J. K. Willcox could never have felt at home without his trees and other things that go with living net to nature and the soil. A person that has worked with nimals and plants and al growing things cannot help growing in fine piritual qualities. In real life, a character like J. K. Willcox is what makes home an earthly paradise. Some of the best love characters in fiction and on the screen are just what J. K. Willcox was--what he believed in, and what he lived. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dodge/obits/w/willcox14317ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb