Obituaries: Iley J. Cox, Sr., 1984, Winn & Grant Parishes, La.

Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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From: June 27, 1984 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Iley J. Cox, Sr.

Services for Iley J. Cox, Sr., were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Hebron Bapitst
Church at Dry Prong with the Rev. Richard DeBusk and Lloyd Whitman
officiating.  Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Hixson
Brothes, Pineville.

Cox, 82, of Dry Prong, died at 3:10 a.m. Thursday, June 21, 1983 in Rapides
General Hospital, Alexandria.

A lifelong resident of Grant Parish, he was self-employed carpenter and
plumber.  He was a member of Hebron Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Lela M. Cox of Dry Prong, one son, Iley "Sonny"
Cox, Jr., of Dry Prong; two daughters, Mary Faircloth and Sue Manuel, both of
Dry Prong; one brother, W. G. Cox of Atlanta, La.; five sisters, Bessie Deen
and Tressie Brooks, both of Dry Prong, Lessie Hammack of Pineville, Lois
Gentsch of Washington, Miss., and Jewell Allen of Ball; 10 grandchildren and
four great grandchildren.