Byron Culton Cox, Jr., 73 of Chattanooga passed away Friday, January 6, 2016 at his home. He was born September 22, 1943 in Memphis, Tennessee and Graduated from Memphis State University in 1966 with a bachelor’s degree in business and in 1970 with a master’s degree in marketing. Byron worked at National Cotton Council and First Tennessee Bank in Memphis. He moved to Chattanooga in 1973 to work with Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company and retired in 1999. Byron served as adjunct instructor at Chattanooga State Community College then joined the Hamilton County Regional Planning agency in 2002 and retired in 2008.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Catherine Cox and his father, Byron Cox, Sr.
Survivors include his loving wife of 53 years, Donna Cox; sons, Stephen A. (Jayne) Cox and Gregory J. (Lucie) Cox; four grandchildren, Tony, Alex, Frank and Madeline; sister, Mary (George) Klosterman; brothers, James (Charlotte) Cox and Thomas (Rebecca) Cox; numerous nephews and nieces.
A funeral mass will be held at 11 AM Tuesday at St. Stephen Catholic Church with father Manuel Perez officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 – 11 AM Tuesday at the church.
Arrangements are by the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, 404 South Moore Road.
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