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Death

Mrs. Ruby Furr Cox, 100, a resident of Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis, and formerly of Concord, went on to meet her maker on August 12, 2004. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 16, 2004, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Rick Ross, pastor of First Assembly, and Rev. Tom Whidden, founding pastor of First Assembly, will officiate. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at Lady's Funeral Home in Kannapolis. At other times they will be at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Sonny and Debby Cox, 1212 Hanover Drive, Concord. Born December 5, 1903, in Cabarrus County, she was a daughter of the late Lillie Furr and Martin Furr, who was a farmer and a Confederate soldier who fought in the Civil War. Mrs. Cox was raised in the Midland community and attended Kings Business College. Her first job was teaching school in a one-room schoolhouse. She also was a secretary for Davidson Cotton Mills in Davidson. Her life career was owner and operator of Cox Florist, which she established in 1937. She served the citizens of Cabarrus County in her business for many years. She loved to read and play bridge and was a staunch Republican. She was a member of the Coltrane-Harris Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Central United Methodist Church and the Nina Houston Circle. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Fetzer D. Cox, who was also a florist; a daughter, Ann Cox Gandy; a son, Mac Douglas Cox; a sister, Beulah Flowe Hunter; and a brother, Carl Furr. Survivors include a son, Philip Martin "Sonny" Cox, Sr. and his wife, Deborah Gray "Debby" Cox, of Concord; a sister, Jewel Furr Mullis of Midland; eight grandchildren, who affectionately called her "Nannie Mom", Meshelle S. Cox of New Orleans, LA, Marty Cox and his wife Jennifer of China Grove, Jamey Cox and his wife Sharon of Kannapolis, Jeffery Gandy of Columbia, SC, Mack Cox, Melinda Athey, Melissa Baker and Melanie Ann Cox; and nine great-grandchildren. Lady's Funeral Home, Inc