Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cox, Dennis B. Sr., 2000 

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DENNIS BALDWIN COX 

  Dennis B. Cox Sr., age 89, a resident of Wakefield, Va., died Friday, 
January 14, 2000 in Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin.  A native of 
Sussex County, Dennis was born on August 16, 1910, the son of the late Julius 
L. and Martha Emma Wells Cox.  Dennis was know as an honest, hard working man, 
an avid hunter and gardener and a good neighbor.  He was a faithful member of 
the Wakefield United Methodist Church.  He began work with Columbia Peanut 
Company, Wakefield in 1956 with more than 20 years of service.  He had also 
worked for J.E. Bains & Company, Wakefield and Wakefield Peanut Company.  He 
is survived by his wife, Margaret Elizabeth Coolidge Cox; two sons, Dennis B. 
Cox, Jr. and his wife, Elise of Goose Creek, S.C. and Steven T. Cox and his 
wife, Angelia of Andrews, S.C.; 14 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; two 
brothers, J.L. Cox Jr. and J.C. Cox both of Waverly; a stepson, Richard 
Middleton and two stepdaughters, Doris Liverman and Betty Shoemaker, all of 
Florida.  He was brother of the late Mable Cox.  Funeral services will be held 
at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield on Monday, January 17, 2000 at 2 p.m. by 
the Rev. C. Randolph Duncan.  Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.  The 
family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday evening from 7 to 
8:30 p.m.  Memorial donations may be made to the Ivor Rescue Squad or to the 
Wakefield United Methodist Church. 

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DENNIS BALDWIN COX 

  WAKEFIELD - Dennis B. Cox, Sr., 89, retired employee of Columbia Peanut 
Company, Wakefield, died Friday, Jan. 14, 2000.  Arrangements by Purviance 
Funeral Home, Inc., Wakefield.


Dennis Baldwin COX, Sr., retired from Columbia Peanut Co., 
b. 16 Aug 1910, Sussex Co., d. 14 Jan 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Jan. 15, 2000; 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Jan. 16, 2000, p. 46 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His widow's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Dec. 4, 2008) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c200m3ob.txt 

His parents, Junius Livingston Sr. & Martha Emma (WELLS) COX, are buried 
   in Waverly Cemetery. 


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