Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cockes, Lt.Col. E. Dixon, 1998 

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E. DIXON COCKES 

  Family and friends will honor the life of E. Dixon Cockes at a memorial 
service Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m. at Purviance Funeral Home Chapel in 
Wakefield, with the Rev. Paul Harfst officiating.  The family will receive 
friends at the chapel 30 minutes prior to the service.

  Dixon, 66, a former resident of Surry County, died Monday, Oct. 19, 1998, 
while traveling in Missouri.  He was the son of the late Elbert O. & Mary 
White Cockes of Surry.  He was a 1950 graduate of Fork Union Military Academy 
and a 1954 graduate of Virginia Military Institute.  He served a distinguished 
military career as a U.S. Air Force pilot, retiring as Lieutenant Colonel. 
Earning various award and medals, his career included service at Cape 
Canaveral Manned Space Flight Recovery at Patrick AFB, FL; as Minuteman 
Missile Combat Crew Commander at Malmstrom AFB, MT; and as Minuteman Missile 
Squadron Commander at Ellsworth AFB, SD.  Overseas assignments included tours 
of duty in Vietnam, Iceland and Alaska.  A former member of Surry Baptist 
Church, he was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of great Falls, MT.  He and 
Shirley enjoyed memberships in various recreational vehicle organizations and 
traveled extensively.

  Dixon is survived by his wife, Shirley Seward Cockes; three daughters, Lisa 
C. Judkins, and her husband Tommy of Surry, Vicki C. Thompson and her husband 
Barry of Yorktown, Suzanne L. Cockes of Anchorage, AK; and grandchildren, Ben, 
Tom, Cathy, Laura, Aaron, Amanda and Daniel.  Dixon was predeceased by a 
daughter, Debra C. Cockes, earlier this year.

  Memorial donations may be made to Surry Vol. Rescue Squad, Surry County Vol. 
Fire Department; or a non-profit wildness preservation organization.  Burial 
will be private.


Lt. Col. E. Dixon COCKES, formerly of Surry Co., retired Air Force pilot, 
d. 19 Oct 1998, MO, age 66, 
memorial service 4 Nov 1998, Wakefield, 
"Sussex-Surry Dispatch," Oct. 20, 1998 

Additional information: 

His parents are buried in Wakefield Cemetery. 

His widow's (donated, 2019) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/c220s1ob.txt 


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