Kitty Cline Cox

Kitty Cline Cox (92) of Richmond, Virginia entered into Eternal Rest on February 23, 2012. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. John Cline and Kitty Plott Cline, her brother, Rev. John Maxwell Cline and her husband of 50 years, John Finley Cox.

She is survived by her two loving daughters, Pamela Cox Wilson (Robert) of Ormond Beach, Florida and Kitty Cox Witthoefft (Gary) of Richmond. She was adored by her six grandchildren, Paige, Robbie and Matt Wilson, Erin Witthoefft Irwin (Bart), Lauren Witthoefft Baggett (Chip) and Adam Witthoefft; her four great grandchildren, Campbell and Alexis Irwin and Will and Nora Kate Baggett; her sister, Evelyn Cline Roach of Lexington, NC and her sister-in-law, Alice Stewart Cline; four nieces and one nephew.

The oldest daughter of a Methodist minister, she was born in Webster, NC and raised in many different towns throughout North Carolina. She received her undergraduate degree from Greensboro College and did graduate work at Duke University and Northwestern University. She began her long career in Christian Education at Trinity United Methodist Church in Durham, NC where she met and married her husband. Moving to Charleston, SC she worked at John Wesley United Methodist Church and later at Stratford Hills United Methodist Church in Richmond. The last church she served was Trinity United Methodist Church in Richmond where she was a member.

She was active in the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church and the Richmond District as the a Diaconal Minister in the VA Conference.

In addition to her church work, she was devoted to her family and friends. In her later years, the residents and staff at The Hermitage at Cedarfield became her family as well.

the family will receive friends at the Parham Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1771 North Parham Road, Richmond, on Sunday, February 26 from 2:00-4:00 PM. Interment will be private followed by a Memorial Service at The Hermitage at Cedarfield, 2300 Cedarfield Parkway, Richmond on Monday, February 27 at 2:00 PM.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Cedarfield Samaritan Fund, 2300 Cedarfield Parkway Richmond, VA 23233 or Trinity United Methodist Church, 903 Forest Avenue, Richmnd, VA 23229.