Return to the Genealogy PagePictures from the Joseph M. Cox Family
(Photos and narration by Major Joseph M. Cox, III, United States Army)
Introduction:
Joseph M. Cox Sr. was born August 19, 1900 the first
born of Arthur and Mary Cox. He was married to Maude Mae Barnes who died in 1985. There
were three sons born to Joe and Maude - Joseph M. Cox Jr. (b. 1922), Charles (b. 1923),
and Millard (b. December 27, 1931 and died on July 22, 1999). In 1918, Joe enlisted in the
U.S. Navy as a yeoman and received an honorable discharge after a variety of stateside
assignments. Joe then served as postmaster of a U.S. Post Office in Mackeys, NC for about
13 years and operated a gas station near Edenton-Mackeys Ferry Landing. Later, he was
employed by the NC Pulp Co. in Plymouth, NC. During WWII, he worked at the Consolidated
Aircraft facility in Elizabeth City, NC with subsequent employment as a civil servant at
Cherry Point NC and Naval Air Station, Norfolk, VA. After
retiring in 1964 he maintained
residence in Norfolk, VA continuing to drive his personal car after his 90th
birthday.
Joe and Maude with son Millard Lee Cox, in front of
gas station they operated in Mackeys, NC. (CIRCA 1937)
Joe in the Navy - circa 1918
a distinguished photograph
Joseph M. Cox, Jr. Family - photo taken about 1962
from left to right: Joseph, Joseph M Cox III (born December 31, 1958), Lois Cox, Beverly
Cox (born January 5, 1950), Brenda Cox (born August 20, 1945)
Millard Lee Cox family -photo taken about 1975
from left to right: Millard Lee Cox (Born December 27, 1931 and died July 22, 1999), Jane
Cox, Timothy Thomas Cox (born May 5, 1972), and Bud Hamilton Cox (born October 7, 1963).