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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Maurice Lee Cox
Maurice Lee
Cox
November 5, 1924 – December 23, 2014
Maurice Lee Cox's Obituary
Maurice Lee Cox, 90, of Dyersburg, TN, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at his residence.
He was a retired employee for Loeb Oil Company. He was a member of First Christian Church and the American Legion. Mr. Cox was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII, where he served in the South Pacific.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Day-Macz Funeral Home. Burial will be in Harrison Cemetery in Patoka, IL.
The family will receive visitors from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at Day-Macz Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife, Arlene Bopp Cox of Dyersburg, TN; a daughter, Shelly Hilton and husband, Butch, of Sandoval, IL; a son, Steve Cox and wife, Terri, of Salem, IL; two step-sons, Samuel Bopp and wife, Danise, of Dyersburg, TN and Jack Bopp and wife, Marilyn, of Cumming, GA; ten grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Myrtle Hopkins Cox; three brothers, Wayne Cox, John Cox and James Max Cox; seven sisters, Letta Hopkins, Ora Cox, Marie Reed, Lucile Maliongas, Alece Cox, Elaine Osborne and Charlotte Cox; two grandsons, Christopher Cox and Aaron Cox; and a step-son, Jerry Bopp.
He was a retired employee for Loeb Oil Company. He was a member of First Christian Church and the American Legion. Mr. Cox was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII, where he served in the South Pacific.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Day-Macz Funeral Home. Burial will be in Harrison Cemetery in Patoka, IL.
The family will receive visitors from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at Day-Macz Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife, Arlene Bopp Cox of Dyersburg, TN; a daughter, Shelly Hilton and husband, Butch, of Sandoval, IL; a son, Steve Cox and wife, Terri, of Salem, IL; two step-sons, Samuel Bopp and wife, Danise, of Dyersburg, TN and Jack Bopp and wife, Marilyn, of Cumming, GA; ten grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Myrtle Hopkins Cox; three brothers, Wayne Cox, John Cox and James Max Cox; seven sisters, Letta Hopkins, Ora Cox, Marie Reed, Lucile Maliongas, Alece Cox, Elaine Osborne and Charlotte Cox; two grandsons, Christopher Cox and Aaron Cox; and a step-son, Jerry Bopp.
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