AMERICUS — Mrs. Doris Cox, age 85, of 112 Howell St., Leslie, Ga., died Monday, April 18, 2016, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at Leslie Baptist Church. The Rev. Howard Scott will officiate. Interment will follow in the Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, Ga. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday evening, April 19, 2016, in the chapel at Aldridge Funeral Services.
Mrs. Cox was born June 30, 1930, in Natchez, Mississippi, daughter of the late Robert Dean and the late Mable Meeks Dean Faircloth. She retired from Manhattan Shirt Co. after working for 28 years as a pattern maker. She was a member of Leslie Baptist Church.
Mrs. Cox is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Todd and Julie Cox of Athens, Ga., and two grandchildren, Russell Cox and Kristen Cox. Mrs. Cox was preceded in death by her husband Howard Todd Cox; two sisters, Christine McCard and Etheline Meeks, and one brother, Robert L. Dean.
Aldridge Funeral Services, 612 Rees Park, Americus, Ga., is in charge of services. To sign the online guestbook and offer the family your condolences please go to www.aldridgefuneralservices.com