Richard M. Cox

He was retired from BASF Corporation in Lowland, Tennessee after 32 years.

Richard was a member of Highland Baptist Church in Whitesburg, Tennessee.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years: Patsy Thornburg Cox: his children and their spouses, respectively: Rickey and Joni Cox, Jamey and Paula Cox, John and Natalie Cox and Michelle (Cox) and Shane Bales; grandchildren: Tara (Cox) and Jonathan Rohrer, Jessica Cox, Abbey Cox, Nathaniel Cox, Andrew Cox, Sabrina Cox, Levi Cox and Parker Bales; two sisters: Mary Fred (Cox) and CR Baskette and Betty Ann (Cox) Lewis; two sisters-in-law: Yvonne Tipton and Donna and Buddy Cutshaw; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents: Mary Sue Ricker Cox and Fred Cox; aunts and uncles: Robert Ricker, Ruth (Ricker) Price, Onie Cox and Mary Robert (Cox) Bailey.

The family will receive friends Monday, June 29, from 2 pm – 4 pm and 6 pm – 8 pm with the service at 8 pm at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home with Pastor Terry Bunch officiating.

Interment will be on Tuesday, June 30 at 11 am in GreeneLawn Memory Gardens. Family and friends are asked to meet at 10 am Tuesday at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home to go in procession to the cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Bill Bailey, Gary Bailey, Parker Bales, Shane Bales, AL Hall, Stanley Tipton.