Emma Marie Cox
Obituary Date: Saturday, January 5, 2013
Emma Marie Cox, age 73, of Clarkesville, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2013, at a local area hospital following an
extended illness.
Miss Cox was born on February 1, 1939, in Madison, North Carolina; daughter of the late John and Bessie Mae Robertson Cox. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, William Cox and her sisters, Mary Elizabeth Cox Clark, Ruth Cox Carter, and Evelyn Cox Clark. Miss Cox retired from the Toccoa Record and was a member of St.
Mark Catholic Church.
Survivors include her sisters, Frances Cox Price, Clarkesville, GA and Josephine Cox Gunter, Cornelia, GA; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral mass will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 7, 2013, at Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest, Georgia, with
Deacon Richard Marinchak officiating. Interment will follow in Yonah Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until the funeral hour on Monday.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children's
Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, to St.
Mark Catholic Church, 5410 Highway 197 South, Clarkesville, Georgia
30523, or to the charity of one's choice.
Those wishing to express online condolences to the Cox family may do
so by visiting www.whitfieldfuneralhomes.com.
Arrangements are in the care of Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel,
Demorest, Georgia.
Funeral Date
01/07/2013 at 12:00AM
Funeral Home
Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel