Elaine Mann Cox, 87, of Apopka, Florida, formerly of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Friday, August 8, 2014 at her residence.
Funeral services will be held, 11 AM, Monday, August 11, 2014 at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald with the Rev. Dr. Michael Ruffin officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Mrs. Cox was born April 25, 1927, in Fitzgerald, to the late E. C. and Ruby Hawks Mann. She was a 1944 graduate of Fitzgerald High School. Mrs. Cox was a former retail sales lady for Belks and Wilson’s Shoe Store in Orlando, Florida. She also was a former co-owner and operator, along with her husband, Elzie H. Cox, of Henry’s Meats in Apopka, Florida. Mrs. Cox was a member of First Christian Church in Fitzgerald as a young adult as well as a former member of First Baptist Church in Fitzgerald, a former Girl Scout leader and a former member of the American Legion Auxiliary.
She is survived by her two daughters: Ramona Cox Hansbrough of Longwood, Florida and Melanie & Dennis Smith of Apopka, Florida; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and one great-grandchild expected soon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: Elzie Henry Cox; a great-grandchild: Haley Layne Moore; one brother: Emory C. Mann; and a sister: Leslie Mae Mann.