Claude Thomas Cox, 73, a lifelong resident of Granville County passed away April 2, 2015 at his home.
A native of Granville County, the son of the late Willie and Mary Lovella Hutson Cox. He was a member of Hester Baptist Church, an avid farmer and retired from Crowder Logging. He was a loving uncle and father figure to all his nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be conducted Monday, April 6, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. in the Eakes Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford by Rev. Terry Howard and Rev. Alex Gallimore. Burial will be in Hester Baptist Church Cemetery.
Surviving are four sisters; Lucille Cox, Betsy C. Reese, Jean C. Elliott, and Bernice Cox all of Oxford, a brother, Donnie Ray Cox of Oxford, eight nieces and seven nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister, Alice C. Elliott, two brothers; William Cox and Collie Cox.
Visitation will be held Monday, April 6, 2015 from 12:30 – 2:00 P.M. prior to the service at Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford and at other times the home.
