Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, October 26, 1993 TAG: 9310260270
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT COX, BASIL BERNARD
COX, Basil Bernard, 76, of 5139 F Overland Drive, SW, Roanoke, and formerly
of Pulaski, died Monday morning, October 25, 1993, in the VA Medical Center,
Salem after a prolonged illness. Born June 30, 1917 in Floyd County, he was
the son of the late Riley Osborne Cox and Minnie E. Hollandsworth Cox. He was
a member of the Newbern United Methodist Church, Newbern, Treasurer for 28
years, a Veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Air Corps
and Army, and a retired employee of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant.
Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Treva P. Cox of Roanoke; one son, Basil T.
Cox of Roanoke; a granddaughter, Heather R. Cox; a grandson, Michael T. Cox,
both of Roanoke; four sisters, Sylvia Trail of Hiwassee, Mildred Hall of
Hiwassee, Loretta Hedge of Beckley, W.Va. and Edith O'Dell of Fairfax; one
brother, Quinton Cox of Hiwassee; several nieces and nephews and a host of
other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m.
at the Bower Funeral Chapel, Pulaski, with the Rev. Ann Blair and the Rev.
Raymond ("Dan") O'Dell officiating. Interment will follow in the Highland
Memory Gardens, Dublin. Visitation will be Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 at the
Bower Funeral Chapel, 1631 Bob White Boulevard, Pulaski. Bower Funeral Chapel,
Pulaski is handling the arrangements.
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