Dora Irene Robbins Cox

ASHEVILLE - DORA IRENE COX, 89, FORMERLY OF STEWART ST., DIED TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2001 AT CARDINAL CARE CENTER, HENDERSONVILLE. A NATIVE OF PASCO COUNTY, FL, SHE HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS RETIRED FROM MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL AS A NURSING ASSISTANT. MRS. COX WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ROBERT LEE AND MELISSA MELVINE LYONS ROBBINS AND WAS THE WIFE OF THE LATE LEE ROY COX WHO DIED IN 1980. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A GRANDDAUGHTER, A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, AND SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS. SURVIVING ARE HER DAUGHTER, CAROLYN BRADFORD OF LEBANON, TN; SONS, JOSEPH ALFRED COX OF HENDERSONVILLE, DAVID LEE COX OF FAYETTEVILLE, NC, DANIEL EDWARD COX OF COLCHESTER, CT, PHILLIP DOUGLAS COX OF PORTLAND, ME, AND PAUL ALBERT COX OF LEICESTER; 13 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM SATURDAY AT TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH OF WHICH SHE WAS A MEMBER WITH THE DR. RALPH SEXTON SR., DR. RALPH SEXTON, JR., AND REV. JERRY PAYNE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN ENON BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 UNTIL 9 PM FRIDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH, 216 SHELBURNE RD., ASHEVILLE, NC 28806.