FUNERAL SERVICE HELD FOR JOHN ANDREW COX SR 73

John Andrew Cox Sr 73 veteran North Carolina Baptist pastor died

Aug 25 Funeral services were Aug 27 at Little River Church in Transylvania

Association where he was a member

A native of Anderson County S C Cox was pastor of Several North

Carolina Baptist churches in Randolph Liberty Buncombe and Transylvania

associations He helped organize and built Grace Church Brevard and retired

as its pastor in 1963 He had since been engaged in interim pastorates and

supply preaching and made his horne in Penrose

Survivors include his wife Mrs Letha Howard Cox of the horne three sons

three daughters 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren

BIBLICAL RECORDER September 12 1970 p 93

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HISTORY OF LITTLE RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH 1838-1984 (286175693H62)

In June 1951 Joe was drafted into the army and he served in Germany as a chaplains assistant during which time he received his call to the ministry He was licensed to the ministry by Little River Church

He graduated from Mars Hill (then a junior college) in 1955 Wake Forest in 1957 and Southwestern Seminary in 1960

While a student he served as assistant pastor (one summer) of Earlington Heights Baptist Church (Miami Florida) as minister of music at Twenty-fifth Street Baptist Church (Winston-Salem) and as pastor of Arbor Baptist Church (Crockett Texas) He was pastor of Oteen Baptist Church (near Asheville) for seven and a half years and of Shelby Second Baptist Church for five years

Since 1973 Joe Sanders has been pastor of the Nuuanu Baptist Church Honnolulu Hawaii This is a multi-cultural congregation which is about ninety-eight percent Oriental The church has a Chinese language division with a Chinese pastor a Japanese language division with a Japanese pastor the English division of which Joe is pastor and a Pearl Harbor area mission with a pastor The Chinese language work and Pearl Harbor mission have been started since 1973 during which time Sunday School attendance has tripled Rev Sanders has served as president of the Honolulu Pastors Conference and two terms as president of the Hawaii Baptist Convention

On August 26 1955 Joe married Doris Cade Their daughter Debra Jo was born August 15 1956

Joe expresses gratitude to God for calling him into His glorious work for the privilege of having come so far to His glory andmiddot that he was allowed to grow up for a time among the people of Little River Church

MARVIN LEE LEWIS

Rev M L Lewis served as interim pastor at Little River He came to be much appreciated at Little River in 1958 between the pastorates of John T Neal and Jarvis Brock He had retired from passtoring church~s in 1954 Rev Lewis had been pastor of Balfour Fletcher Dana Tuxedo and Refuge Churches in Henderson County and of churches in other parts of Western North Carolina including Transylvania County

M L Lewis was a graduate of Hiwassee Institute in Georgia He was married to the former Carrie Mae Davis Their granddaughter Pat L McCrary and her son Greg are presently members of Little River Church

Mr Lewis died October 20 1970 His funeral was at Fruitland Baptist Church with burial in Sheperd Memorial Park Henderson County

JOHN ANDREW COX

Upon his retirement from the active pastorate John A Cox and his family moved to Little River in 1963 Rev and Mrs Cox

HISTORY OF LITTLE RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH 1838-1984 (286175693H62)

daughters Gail Cox (Edmondson) and Kay Cox (Hunter) and his mother Ruth Abigail Cox joined Little River Church John Cox served as interim pastor at Enon Turkey Creek and Mt Moriah Calvert Churches He remained a member of Little River until his death August 25 1970 The 1970 Thanksgiving Offering for Baptist Childrens Homes was sent to Broyhill in his memory

Churches Rev Cox pastored in the Transylvania Association were Boyleston and Grace When both churches decided to have full-time pastors each asked him to stay on as pastor His decision was to accept the full-time pastorate of Grace newly established and in a buildi~g program Under the leadershop of Pastor Cox a new building had been completed at Boyleston at the construction cost of approximately $1000000 with about ninety percent of the labor free The dedication service for the new building was Sunday July 12 1953 The previous building (built in 1914 under the leadership of Pastor J R Liner at a construction cost of $100000) had burned (In May 1951 Little River Church took an offering to send Boyleston Church to help in their rebuilding)

John Cox was moderator of the Transylvania Baptist Association 1953-1956 At the 1955 associational meeting Rev John Neal commended the good work of the moderator and associational officers for the past year

Churches Rev Cox pastored before coming to Transylvania County were in Randolph Liberty and Buncombe Associations He was ordained to the ministry August 13 1933 by the West Hill Baptist Church Hillsboro

John Cox and his first wife nee Eleanor Ashmore had three sons Eleanor A Cox died following surgery while her husband was pastor in Asheboro He later married Letha Howard by whom he had three daughters Letha H Cox remains active in Sunday School Baptist Women and church training and sings in the choir at Little River Also members at Little River are daughter Kay C Hunter and granddaughters Angie Hunter and Deborah Bishop

BROADUS E WALL

Broadus Wallmiddot served as interim pastor at Little River December 1963 through May 1964 He was a retired minister having served among other churches Hendersonville First Baptist 1936-1942 and as a chaplain in the Navy

A C MILLER

Dr A C Miller was interim pastor for the short time the church was without a pastor in November and December 1965 At that time he was a member of the faculty at Fruitland

Natives of Texas Dr and Mrs Miller served in the pastorate in Arizona for five years after his retirement from the Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention

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HISTORY OF LITTLE RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH 1838-1984 (286175693H62)

In June 1951 Joe was drafted into the army and he served in Germany as a chaplains assistant during which time he received his call to the ministry He was licensed to the ministry by Little River Church

He graduated from Mars Hill (then a junior college) in 1955 Wake Forest in 1957 and Southwestern Seminary in 1960

While a student he served as assistant pastor (one summer) of Earlington Heights Baptist Church (Miami Florida) as minister of music at Twenty-fifth Street Baptist Church (Winston-Salem) and as pastor of Arbor Baptist Church (Crockett Texas) He was pastor of Oteen Baptist Church (near Asheville) for seven and a half years and of Shelby Second Baptist Church for five years

Since 1973 Joe Sanders has been pastor of the Nuuanu Baptist Church Honnolulu Hawaii This is a multi-cultural congregation which is about ninety-eight percent Oriental The church has a Chinese language division with a Chinese pastor a Japanese language division with a Japanese pastor the English division of which Joe is pastor and a Pearl Harbor area mission with a pastor The Chinese language work and Pearl Harbor mission have been started since 1973 during which time Sunday School attendance has tripled Rev Sanders has served as president of the Honolulu Pastors Conference and two terms as president of the Hawaii Baptist Convention

On August 26 1955 Joe married Doris Cade Their daughter Debra Jo was born August 15 1956

Joe expresses gratitude to God for calling him into His glorious work for the privilege of having come so far to His glory andmiddot that he was allowed to grow up for a time among the people of Little River Church

MARVIN LEE LEWIS

Rev M L Lewis served as interim pastor at Little River He came to be much appreciated at Little River in 1958 between the pastorates of John T Neal and Jarvis Brock He had retired from passtoring church~s in 1954 Rev Lewis had been pastor of Balfour Fletcher Dana Tuxedo and Refuge Churches in Henderson County and of churches in other parts of Western North Carolina including Transylvania County

M L Lewis was a graduate of Hiwassee Institute in Georgia He was married to the former Carrie Mae Davis Their granddaughter Pat L McCrary and her son Greg are presently members of Little River Church

Mr Lewis died October 20 1970 His funeral was at Fruitland Baptist Church with burial in Sheperd Memorial Park Henderson County

JOHN ANDREW COX

Upon his retirement from the active pastorate John A Cox and his family moved to Little River in 1963 Rev and Mrs Cox

HISTORY OF LITTLE RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH 1838-1984 (286175693H62)

daughters Gail Cox (Edmondson) and Kay Cox (Hunter) and his mother Ruth Abigail Cox joined Little River Church John Cox served as interim pastor at Enon Turkey Creek and Mt Moriah Calvert Churches He remained a member of Little River until his death August 25 1970 The 1970 Thanksgiving Offering for Baptist Childrens Homes was sent to Broyhill in his memory

Churches Rev Cox pastored in the Transylvania Association were Boyleston and Grace When both churches decided to have full-time pastors each asked him to stay on as pastor His decision was to accept the full-time pastorate of Grace newly established and in a buildi~g program Under the leadershop of Pastor Cox a new building had been completed at Boyleston at the construction cost of approximately $1000000 with about ninety percent of the labor free The dedication service for the new building was Sunday July 12 1953 The previous building (built in 1914 under the leadership of Pastor J R Liner at a construction cost of $100000) had burned (In May 1951 Little River Church took an offering to send Boyleston Church to help in their rebuilding)

John Cox was moderator of the Transylvania Baptist Association 1953-1956 At the 1955 associational meeting Rev John Neal commended the good work of the moderator and associational officers for the past year

Churches Rev Cox pastored before coming to Transylvania County were in Randolph Liberty and Buncombe Associations He was ordained to the ministry August 13 1933 by the West Hill Baptist Church Hillsboro

John Cox and his first wife nee Eleanor Ashmore had three sons Eleanor A Cox died following surgery while her husband was pastor in Asheboro He later married Letha Howard by whom he had three daughters Letha H Cox remains active in Sunday School Baptist Women and church training and sings in the choir at Little River Also members at Little River are daughter Kay C Hunter and granddaughters Angie Hunter and Deborah Bishop

BROADUS E WALL

Broadus Wallmiddot served as interim pastor at Little River December 1963 through May 1964 He was a retired minister having served among other churches Hendersonville First Baptist 1936-1942 and as a chaplain in the Navy

A C MILLER

Dr A C Miller was interim pastor for the short time the church was without a pastor in November and December 1965 At that time he was a member of the faculty at Fruitland

Natives of Texas Dr and Mrs Miller served in the pastorate in Arizona for five years after his retirement from the Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention

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HISTORY OF LITTLE RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH 1838-1984 (286175693H62)

daughters Gail Cox (Edmondson) and Kay Cox (Hunter) and his mother Ruth Abigail Cox joined Little River Church John Cox served as interim pastor at Enon Turkey Creek and Mt Moriah Calvert Churches He remained a member of Little River until his death August 25 1970 The 1970 Thanksgiving Offering for Baptist Childrens Homes was sent to Broyhill in his memory

Churches Rev Cox pastored in the Transylvania Association were Boyleston and Grace When both churches decided to have full-time pastors each asked him to stay on as pastor His decision was to accept the full-time pastorate of Grace newly established and in a buildi~g program Under the leadershop of Pastor Cox a new building had been completed at Boyleston at the construction cost of approximately $1000000 with about ninety percent of the labor free The dedication service for the new building was Sunday July 12 1953 The previous building (built in 1914 under the leadership of Pastor J R Liner at a construction cost of $100000) had burned (In May 1951 Little River Church took an offering to send Boyleston Church to help in their rebuilding)

John Cox was moderator of the Transylvania Baptist Association 1953-1956 At the 1955 associational meeting Rev John Neal commended the good work of the moderator and associational officers for the past year

Churches Rev Cox pastored before coming to Transylvania County were in Randolph Liberty and Buncombe Associations He was ordained to the ministry August 13 1933 by the West Hill Baptist Church Hillsboro

John Cox and his first wife nee Eleanor Ashmore had three sons Eleanor A Cox died following surgery while her husband was pastor in Asheboro He later married Letha Howard by whom he had three daughters Letha H Cox remains active in Sunday School Baptist Women and church training and sings in the choir at Little River Also members at Little River are daughter Kay C Hunter and granddaughters Angie Hunter and Deborah Bishop

BROADUS E WALL

Broadus Wallmiddot served as interim pastor at Little River December 1963 through May 1964 He was a retired minister having served among other churches Hendersonville First Baptist 1936-1942 and as a chaplain in the Navy

A C MILLER

Dr A C Miller was interim pastor for the short time the church was without a pastor in November and December 1965 At that time he was a member of the faculty at Fruitland

Natives of Texas Dr and Mrs Miller served in the pastorate in Arizona for five years after his retirement from the Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention

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RevRev J H Hall Rev J A Cox PastorPastor 1931-1933 Pastor 1934-19351937middot1941

Rev Charles Laughlin Pastor 1942middot1946 Pastor

Rev D O Wright 1952middot1956 Rev Raleigl

Pastor

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Rev J A Cox rites today In Brevard BREVARD-Funeral will be

held at 2 pm today for Rev John Andrew Cox Sr 83 at Little River Baptist Church here

Rev Cox a former Baptist minister in Thomasville died Tuesday afternoon aft e r suffering a heart attack in a Henderson County doctors office

Among those surviving is a son Mil [ 0 r d C Cox of Thomasville

Burial will be in Pisgah Garden near Brevard

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Rev J A Cox rites today In Brevard BREVARD-Funeral will be

held at 2 pm today for Rev John Andrew Cox Sr 83 at Little River Baptist Church here

Rev Cox a former Baptist minister in Thomasville died Tuesday afternoon aft e r suffering a heart attack in a Henderson County doctors office

Among those surviving is a son Mil [ 0 r d C Cox of Thomasville

Burial will be in Pisgah Garden near Brevard

Thomasville Times tryon Bulletin Washington Daily News Wilming ton Star Wilmington Ne s Wilmington Star-News Wilson Daily Times Winston-Salem Journal Winston-Sa l em Sentinel~ Norfo lk Va Pilot ~

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