Calvin Melton Cox (1923-1988)

Calvin Melton Cox was born on 1 October 1923 in Mississippi. He died on 26 February 1988 in Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi. He is buried in the Old Souenlovie Cemetery in Pachuta, Clarke, Mississippi.

Calvin Melton Cox's headstone

The Clarke County Tribune, 2 Mar 1988 Calvin Melton Cox, 64, of Stonewall, died February 26, 1988 at H.C. Watkins Memorial Hospital.
   Services were held February 28, 1988 at Wright's Funeral Home Chapel with Wright's Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Burial was at Old Souenlovie Cemetery.
   He was a member of Souenlovie Baptist Church and served on the USS Biloxi during WWII.
   Mr. Cox is survived by his wife, Audrey Cox; three sons, Jerry Rich of Stonewall, Perry Rich of Huntsville, Alabama and Perry Lamar Rich of Enterprise; one daughter, Diane Boman of Meridian; four brothers, Richard Cox and Pete Cox of Quitman, Jack Cox of Coronado, California and Irby Cox of Lancaster, South Carolina; seven sisters, Velma Culpepper, Eula Thomas and Nora Williams of Quitman, Ruby Mosley and Catherine Mosley of Vossburg, Christine Poole of Huntsville, Texas and Polly Ray of Meridian; seventeen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

PARENTS
George Washington Cox
Nora Cornelia Ivey

SPOUSE
Audry Williams

CHILDREN
Jerry Lamar Rich
Perry S. Rich
Perry Lamar Rich
Diane

SOURCES

• The Clarke County Tribune, 2 Mar 1988