Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cox, Walter T., 1942 

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WALTER THOMAS COX

   Walter Thomas Cox, age 56, died at his home Tuesday night of last week. 
Death was unexpected, Mr. Cox dying of a heart attack.

   Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at Mt. Carmel Christian 
Church, of which he was a member at 4 o'clock by the Rev. Fred T. Wright, 
pastor of the church.  The Rev. Rufus Corbitt of Colosse Baptist Church, the 
Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin Baptist Church, and the Rev. L.F. Callaham of 
the Boykins Methodist Church assisted.

   Special music was rendered by the Rev. J. Felix Arnold of Boykins Baptist 
Church, who sang "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" and church choir sang, "Does 
Jesus Care?"

   Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased.  Honorary pallbearers were 
members of Sunday School Class No. 6.  The Perdie Lodge, A.F. & A.M. No. 170, 
held Masonic rites at the grave.

   There were many beautiful floral tributes.  Burial was in the church 
cemetery.


Walter Thomas COX, 
d. 6 Oct 1942, at home, age 56, 
interred in Mount Carmel Christian Church Cemetery*, Walters, 8 Oct 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 16, 1942, p. 5 

*Mount Carmel list - an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 


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