Sussex County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cox, Minerva W. Carroll, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MINERVA WHITE CARROLL COX MINERVA C. COX, 100 NEWPORT NEWS - Minerva C. Cox, 100, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008, at James River Convalescent Center in Newport News, Va. Born in Wakefield, Va., on Dec. 22, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Emmett W. Carroll and Minerva White Carroll. Mrs. Cox was the widow of Beverly B. Cox, Jr. She was a retired real estate secretary and a member of Hilton Baptist Church in Newport News, a longtime resident of Hilton Village in Newport News and a member of the Hilton Garden Club. She is survived by a son, Dr. Beverly B. Cox, III and his wife, Dr. Brenda E. Cox, of Suffolk, Va.; a daughter, Jacqueline C. Thomas and her husband. Harold B., of Wicomico, Va.; a granddaughter, Jennifer C. Nelson and her husband, Michael, of Suffolk, Va.; three grandson, Richard R. Johnson Jr. of Tappahannock, Va., David G. Johnson and his wife, Tracey, of Newport News, Va. and Gregory H. Thomas and his wife, Christina, of Wicomico, Va.; three nephews, Benjamin Carroll of Wakefield, Dr. Clyde Carroll of Suffolk, and Buddy Goodrich of Chester, Va.; and five great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a grandson, Brian B. Cox. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4, in the Purviance Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, Wakefield, with the Rev. Robert Parks of Main Street United Methodist Church in Suffolk officiating. Interment will follow in the Wakefield Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Memorial donations may be made to the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Memorial Donations, 601 Children’s Lane, Norfolk, VA 23507. Minerva White (CARROLL; Mrs. Beverly B. Jr.) COX, of Newport News, retired real estate secretary, b. 22 Dec 1907, Wakefield, d. 1 Jan 2008, Newport News, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 4 Jan 2008, "The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Jan. 3, 2008, B-4 *Her parents are also buried there. Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Her father's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," May 24, 1953, p. 82) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c640e3ob.txt Her mother's obit ("Daily Press," Sep. 26, 1941, p. 2) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c640m2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c200m2ob.txt