Sussex-Surry-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cox, Willie H., 1976 

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WILLIE HAROLD COX 

  ELBERON - Willie Harold Cox, 81, died Wednesday at his home near Elberon. 

  A retired Surry County farmer, he was an Army veteran of World War I, a 
member of Surry American Legion Post and Surry United Methodist Church.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Nancy Bell Cox; three sons, H. Lawson Cox; 
and Melvin D. Cox of Elbron, and Carlton B. Cox of Suffolk; one sister, Mrs. 
Lillian C. Johnson of Richmond; two brothers, Leonard E. Cox of Smithfield and 
Robert E. Cox of Richmond; and 10 grandchildren.

  A funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. today in Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, by the Rev. R.C. Black and the Rev. P.R. Hart.

  Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family request expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to the Surry Rescue Squad.


Willie Harold COX, retired farmer, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 17 Apr 1895, Isle of Wight Co., d. 17 Jun 1976, at home, near Elberon, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 13 Jan 1986, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Jan. 13, 1986, p. 17 

*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 

His widow's obit ("Daily Press," Jan. 13, 1986, p. 17) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c200n2ob.txt 


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