Cox, Elbert Lee

Rev. Elbert Lee Cox, 85, of Dublin, Va., went to Heaven to be with his loving wife on Tuesday, December 30, 2008. He was a retired Church of God minister with over 51 years of service. He was born June 7, 1923, in Floyd County, the son of the late Wade F. and Ollie Elizabeth Gallimore Cox.

He was a U. S. Army Veteran, having served during World War II in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife, Vivian Mae Sifford Cox. Survivors include his son, Nelson Sifford, of Radford; two grandchildren and their spouses, Eric and Kimberly Sifford, of Radford, and Karen and Zack Parker, of Ridgeway; and four great grandchildren.

The family would like to thank the staffs and doctors of Wheatland Hills, Pulaski Health & Rehab and Mountain View Hospice.

Funeral services will be held Friday, January 2, 2009, at 11 a.m. at the Dublin Church of God with the Rev. James Walker, the Rev. Danny McGlothlin, Pastor Mike Collins, Pastor Kenneth Poston and the Rev. David Hagee officiating. Interment will follow in the Pentecostal Conference Cemetery in Dublin, where members of VFW Post #776 will conduct Military Graveside Rites. The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at 11 a.m. at the church.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home, P.O. Box 4391, Sevierville, Tenn. 37864.

The Cox family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory in Radford. www.mullinsfuneralhome.com.