William Lafayette Cox Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Coleman Funeral Home of Olive Branch William Lafayette Cox I (also known as Bill, Lafayette or Schoia), 82, passed away on December 14, 2019. A visitation will be held Saturday, December 21, 2019 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm with funeral immediately following at Longview Heights Baptist Church, 4501 Goodman Road, Olive Branch, MS. Coleman Funeral Home of Olive Branch is in charge of arrangements. His burial will follow later at Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, MS. Bill was born on February 14, 1937 near Charleston, MS. He was preceded in death by his father, William Mason Cox, and his mother, Ollie Simpson Cox of Tallahatchie county, his sister Margret Ann Benson and two brothers Eugene “Buddy” (Genie) Cox and David Wayne Cox. He is survived by his wife Dorothy G. “Jo” Cox of Southaven, his two sons William L Cox II of Southaven and Christopher Marvin Cox of Southaven, his sister Mary Frances Williams of Springfield Virginia and many nieces and nephews and cousins all over Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia. He lived a life full of family, friends, and community service. He was a member of Longview Heights Baptist Church. He worked in marketing, sales, and politics and had served in the Mississippi Army National Guard and U.S. Army. He worked with firms such as Swift Meats, Glaxo Smith Kline, Mid-South Adhesives, Cox Sand and Gravel, and DeSoto County Schools. He had been battling health issues for almost five years. He was a board member of Southaven Springfest and served on the Board of the Desoto County and Southaven Republican Parties. He worked tirelessly with campaigns for Trent Lott, Thad Cochran, Roger Wicker, Cliff Finch, Haley Barbour, Ronald Reagan, Merle Flowers, and Milton Kuykendall. He served many years with Boy Scout Troop “Ole 97” as an adult leader and troop committee chairman and headed up their fundraising booth with grist mill at the Memphis Mid-South Fair where they knew him as “Dollar Bill.” He went on many trips with Troop Ole 97 all over the United States. In lieu of flowers, please give memorials in honor of William L. Cox I to Four Friends, a Special Needs Ministry, at Longview Heights Baptist Church https://www.longviewheights.org/online-giving.html or to Ole 97 Alumni Association at http://ole97alumni.org Online condolences may be left on the Tribute Wall at www.colemanfuneralhome.com.

William Lafayette Cox

February 14, 1937 - December 14, 2019

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William Lafayette Cox

February 14, 1937 - December 14, 2019

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