Donald K Cox

Donald K. Cox, 78, of Cusseta, GA, died Monday, July 29, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00PM on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at Buena Vista First Baptist Church with Reverend Chris Hess officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6-8PM.

Mr. Cox was born November 12, 1934, in Covington County, Alabama, to Curtis L. Cox Sr. and Eva Cox. He attended Buena Vista First Baptist Church.  He was in the Army, serving in Korea and two tours in Vietnam. He retired from the Army after 27 ½ years of service.  He was the owner and operator of the Four Winds Restaurant, Home of the Ranger Burger, in Cusseta, GA. He had been living in the area for the past 35 years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, David Allen Brannon, two brothers, Lynwood Cox and Curtis L. Cox, Jr. and a sister, Mary Lois Chambers.

He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Linda Susan Cox of Cusseta, GA; by two sons, Murray Timothy A. and Rebecca Cox of Moses Lake, WA, and Donald Kenneth and Sheila Cox, Jr. of Opelika, AL; by a sister, Jeannett Mathews of Florala, AL; and by two grandchildren, Emily Nichole Cox Hakness and Lily Gwendolyn Hakness.

Watson-Tante Funeral Home of Buena Vista, Georgia, was in charge of these arrangements.