Earl Charles Cox Sr.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at ST. MATTHEW THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 27074 St. Matthew Church Road, Perkinston, MS, 39573 on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 3:00 pm. Rev. Satish Adhav will serve as Celebrant. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends and have visitation from 1:00 pm until services, Tuesday at the church.

Mr. Cox was born February 19, 1934 in New Orleans to George Stretfield Cox, Sr. and Mercedes Dupaquier Cox. He was a retired union plumber and steamfitter. He was a member of St. Matthew the Apostle Catholic Church.

In addition to his parents, several siblings precede him in death.

Family members include his wife, Rose Mary Waguespeck Cox; two sons, Earl Cox, Jr. (Eunice), Ricky Cox (Regina); seven daughters, Sue Bowman (Keith), Tina Cuevas (Steve), Judy Rayburn (Brian), Vickie Bergeron (Jim), Jo Ann Hamilton (Mark), Loretta Crocker (Stephen), Angela Lambert (Chris); one brother, Huey Cox (Jeanette); one sister, Noel Ghergich; thirty grandchildren; forty-one great grandchildren, two great-great grandchildren.

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