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Subject: [TNANDERS-L] Obits From The Knoxville News Sentinel 13 Jun 2003
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:53:30 EDT
>From the Knoxville News Sentinel 13 Jun 2003
COX, GERALD LYNN "JERRY" - age 56, of Clinton,
LAND, MARY EDITH - age 87, of Newcomb, Tennessee,
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COX, GERALD LYNN "JERRY" - age 56, of Clinton, peacefully passed away on
Thursday, June 12, 2003, surrounded by his daughters and loved ones. He had
survived a long battle with leukemia and a successful bone marrow transplant. He
died from related complications. Jerry was a United States Army Veteran who
served during the Vietnam War and an accomplished guitarist. Preceded in death by
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett F. Cox. Jerry was born January 2, 1947 in
Clinton. Survivors: daughters, April Hooper of Halls Crossroads and Stephanie Cox of
Chattanooga, Maranda Ezell of Clinton; sisters,. Virginia Cox Croft of
Dandridge, Lisa June Cox of Jackson, Linda Cox-Leija of Knoxville. The family will
receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 13, 2003, at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in
Clinton, 8:00 p.m. service . Graveside services 11:00 a.m., Saturday morning
at Cox Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Leukemia Society, 446 Metroplex
Drive, Suite A-200, Nashville, Tennessee, 37211. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home,
of Clinton, in charge.
LAND, MARY EDITH - age 87, of Newcomb, Tennessee, passed away Thursday, June
12, 2003 at Fort Sanders Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee. She
was a retired school teacher and a member of Trinity United Methodist Church of
Lenoir City, Tennessee. Preceded in death by parents, David B. and Mollie
Queener Wright and her husband, Herman Land. She is survived by a sister, Alma
Blankenship of Winter Haven, Florida; several nieces and nephews and a host of
friends. The last month of her life, she was in the loving care of the wonderful
staff of River Oaks Place in Lenoir City, TN. The family will receive friends
from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 14, 2003 at Cox & Son Funeral
Home Chapel and proceed to Jellico Cemetery for a graveside service and
interment, Rev. Michael Gregory and David B. Wright officiating. The family requests
that memorials be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 606,
Lenoir City, TN 37771. Cox & Son Funeral Home, Jellico in charge.
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