Gary (Gene) Cox

57 year old Gary (Gene) Cox of Smithville died Thursday at the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro. He was a member of the Church of Christ, a U.S. veteran, a carpenter, and a homebuilder. The funeral will be Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. John Patterson, Jr. and Tim Woodward will officiate and burial will be in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until the service at 2:00 p.m. He was preceded in death by his father, Jesse E. Cox and a niece, Amanda Cartwright. Survivors include his wife, Vicki Cox of Smithville. Children, Bridget and her husband Bob Halley of Jenks, Oklahoma, Erica Cox and Brandon Gay of Smithville, Jesse Cox of Muskogee, Oklahoma, Sara Patterson of Alexandria, John, Jr. and wife Jessica Patterson, and Kristi Henry of Castalian Springs and Shone Petty of Smithville. Grandchildren, Bryce Halley, Paige Burton, David Burton, Nelissa Dowell, Dalton Bain, John Patterson III, Rachel Patterson, Caleb Henry, A.J. Oster, and Chloe Petty. His mother, Alice Louise Cox of Smithville. Sisters, Linda Cartwrght and Debra Robertson of Smithville. A brother, Stanley and wife Judy Cox of Okay, Oklahoma. A niece, Andrea Burton. Two great nieces and nephew and many special friends. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. The family has asked that donations be made to DeKalb Funeral Chapel to help with funeral expenses, in lieu of flowers.