James Robert Cox Obituary

J.R. Cox, 89, Died Sunday At His Home is Coxville

James Robert Cox, 89, widely known throughout West Tennessee, died at the family home at Coxville Sunday afternoon. He had been ill for quite some time and his death was not unexpected.

Mr. Cox was born in the Coxville community where he spent his entire life and for many, many years was a prosperous farmer, retiring several years ago. He was the son of James A. and Margaret Collinsworth Cox, pioneers of this section.

In addition to his farming interest Mr. Cox was interested in the progressive affairs of his community and served as county surveyor and a highway commissioner of Crockett County for many years. He was an active worker in the Gadsden Methodist Church of which he was a member and served as a member of the Board of Stewards.

Mr. Cox will be remembered as by our older readers of The Courier-Chronicle as the talented correspondent from his community over a period of many years. His home spun humor and interesting way of presenting his news placed him in a class of his own, as can be seen in scanning over the back issues of this paper of some twenty-five or thirty years ago.

Funeral services were held at Ronk Funeral Home in Alamo on Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. J. C. Mobley of Memphis and the Rev. Paul Davis pastor of Salem Church, officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery at Humboldt.

Pall bears were grandsons of the deceased, James Orris Cox, Bobby Naylor, and Raymond Kirkman, all of Memphis, Latney Culp and James Culp of Bells, James Mitchell of Gadsden, I.K. Hardison of Humboldt, and Herchel McLean of Coxville.

Mr. Cox's wife died about fifteen years ago. He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Etta Craddock and Mrs. J.C. Kincaid of Humboldt. Mrs. Ed Mitchell of Gadsden, Mrs. L. M. Culp of Bells and Mrs. Lyle Naylor of Memphis, two sons E. B. Cox of Gadsden and Byron Cox of Memphis. His descendants include 27 grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren, and 8 great great grandchildren.