Ira Rufus Cox, Jr.

Raleigh – Ira Rufus Cox, Jr., 79, died Friday afternoon at Rex Hospital. He was born in Wayne County on December 4, 1928 to the late Ira R. Cox, Sr. and Katherine Johnson Cox.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jean Hood and Rev. Todd Wiggins will officiate. Burial will follow in Falling Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

Ira is survived by his wife, Recca Cox; his son, Ira R. “J.R.” Cox III of Raleigh; his sisters, Sarah Connor of Raleigh, Ruby C. Blackmon of Goldsboro and Gladys McCullen of Goldsboro; and several nieces and nephews. He is also survived by four step-children, nine step-grandchildren and eleven step-great-grandchildren.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.seymourfuneralhome.com.
www.seymourfuneralhome.com.

The family will receive friends Monday from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home and other times at the home of Gladys McCullen, 100 Woodbine Street, Goldsboro.