Martin V. Cox Jr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Martin V. Cox Jr., age 83, of Jacksonville are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 22, 2014 in Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Copeland officiating. A Masonic graveside service will follow at Union Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk. Mr. Cox passed away July 19, 2014 in a Henderson, TX assisted living facility. He was born January 18, 1931 in Burnet, TX to the late Martin V. Cox Sr. and Stella Riggs Cox. Mr. Cox was a longtime resident of Cherokee County and a member of the Eastern Star Lodge in Jacksonville. He was a 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge and Lodge Master numerous times over the years. Mr. Cox worked as a Boiler Superintendent for 40 years and traveled across the country in various capacities working in construction. He was Baptist by faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter, Pamela Renee Cox. Survivors include two sons and daughter-in-law, Ronald Martin Cox of Henderson, TX, Michael Allen and Peggy Cox of Ponta, TX, two daughters and son-in-law, Sandra Cox Sipes of Fort Worth, TX, Kathy and Douglas Harbold of Virginia, thirteen grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren. Pallbearers will include Nathan Scott Sipes, Ryan Christopher Sipes, Donald Bolton, Jeremy Cox, Jim Cox and Mathew Allen Cox. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, July 21, 2014 at the funeral home.

Martin V. Cox Jr.

January 18, 1931 - July 19, 2014