Extracted from The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Thursday, July 17, 1986

COX, VIRGIE

Died Wednesday, July 16, 1986, at Field Memorial Hospital, Centreville, Miss. She was 79, a native and resident of Liberty, Miss.

Visiting at Brown Funeral Home, Liberty, 9 a.m. until religious services at 2 p.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Terry Ellis. Burial in New Hope Cemetery, near Liberty.

Survived by husband, T.C. Cox, Liberty; three daughters, Ione Walsh and Eloise Moore, both of Liberty, and Ercelle Cobb, Baton Rouge; two stepsons, Tom M. Cox, Baton Rouge, and Warren Adrain Cox, Oregon; four sisters, Nell Oliver and Nadine Guillory, both of Bunkie, Audria McLain, Jackson, Miss., and Lucille Robinson, Baytown, Texas; two brothers, Barney Sterling, Liberty, and Carl Sterling, Philadelphia, Miss.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

She was a member of Berwick Baptist Church.
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Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
Thursday, July 24, 1986

LAST RITES FOR VIRGIE COX

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 17, 1986 from Brown Funeral Home Chapel in Liberty for Virgie Cox, 79, of Route 5, Liberty. Rev. Terry Ellis and Rev. Frank Traylor officiated. Mrs. Cox died Wednesday, July 16, 1986 at Field Memorial Hospital in Centreville, following a lengthy illness. She was born July 2, 1907 in Amite County the daughter of J. F. Sterling and Carrie Whittington, both deceased. She was a housewife and a member of Berwick Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, T. C. Cox, Liberty; three daughters: Ione Walsh, Liberty, Eloise Moore, Liberty and Ercelle Cobb, Baton Rouge, La.; two step-sons: Tom M. Cox, Baton Rouge, La. and Warren Adrian Cox, Oregon; four sisters: Nell Oliver, Bunkie, La., Nadine Guillory, Bunkie, La., Audria McLain, Jackson and Lucille Robinson, Baytown, Texas; two brothers: Barney Sterling, Liberty and Carl Sterling, Philadelphia, Miss.; 6 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

Interment was in the New Hope Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.