08/30/1949 – 03/28/2017
Florence
Funeral Services
Funeral services will be 2 PM Friday, March 31, 2017, in the chapel at Williamsburg Funeral Home, with burial in Bethesda Cemetery, Cades.
Visitation
The family will receive friends from 12 to 1:30 PM Friday before the service at Williamsburg Funeral Home.
Memorials
Memorials may be made to any charity of your choice.
Roger Dale Cox, 67, husband of Louella Hinkle Cox, died Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in McLeod Hospice House.
Mr. Cox was born August 30, 1949, in Kingstree, a son of the late Theron C. Cox and Ora Lee Tanner Cox. He received a Bachelor of Arts & Political Science, Cum Laude from Newberry College, a Master of Education in Secondary Administration from Winthrop College and a Master of Divinity in Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dale taught school for Lancaster City Schools, North Myrtle Beach Christian School, School District of Greenville County and Williamsburg County School, he was also a previous headmaster at Andrews Christian School. He was the Pastor of several churches in Georgia, Texas and Virginia and was an Associate Pastor at Bethea Baptist Church until 2010. He was also licensed and pastored in the Wesleyan Church. During his time at Bethea he served as activities director and choir director for Bethea Singers. Dale was a member of Bethea Baptist Church and was a member of the South Carolina Baptist Singing Churchmen.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, Louella, are: his son, Jonathan Conrad Cox, of Darlington; brother, Bryan L. (Elizabeth) Cox, of Murrell’s Inlet; sister-in-law, Bette Cox, of Florence, and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Mr. Cox was preceded in death by a brother, Tim Cox and a special nephew, T.C. Cox.
Funeral services will be 2 PM Friday, March 31, 2017, in the chapel at Williamsburg Funeral Home, with burial in Bethesda Cemetery, Cades. The family will receive friends from 12 to 1:30 PM Friday before the service at Williamsburg Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to any charity of your choice.
My sincerest condolences to Dale’s family. Please know that you and the family are in my thoughts and prayers. We lived down the street from each other. and Dale’s mother was a close friend of my mother’s.
Serena Eaddy Dovell
Class of 1967
I wanted to reach out to you during this sad time to offer my condolences. While nothing will completely take away your grief, by meditating on God’s promises found in the Bible, you can find real hope and the strength to keep going. I have found the scripture at Isaiah 25:8 to be especially comforting. Here it promises that God “will swallow up death forever, and the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will wipe away the tears from all faces.”
WHERE ARE ALL THE FRIENDS WHO KNEW DALE…HAS ALL LOVE IN THIS WORLD GROWN COLD AS THE
BIBLE SAYS? DALE WAS A GOOD MAN WITH A LOVING HEART, WHO CARED FOR OTHERS AT SOME SACRIFICE TO HIMSELF. FAMILIES MIGHT FIND COMFORT IN YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU, BOTH, SERENA AND HEATHER, FOR YOUR SWEET AND COMFORTING NOTES. DALE WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED YOU, ESPECIALLY, SERENA, BECAUSE OF YOUR FAMILY’S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER. AND I WILL REMEMBER YOU BOTH, WITH GRATITUDE, FOR REMEMBERING AND HONORING DALE WITH YOUR COMMENTS. IT IS MY REAL COMFORT TO KNOW HE IS WITH THE LORD, SAFE, AND NOT SUFFERING ANYMORE. MY TIME WITH HIM WAS A SHORT 6 1/2 YEARS AND IT SEEMS UNBELIEVEABLE HE COULD BE GONE SO SOON, BUT HE WAS MY SPECIAL GIFT FROM GOD, AND I THANK GOD FOR EVERY MOMENT WE HAD….AND FOR KINDNESS FROM FRIENDS LIKE YOU. LOUELLA COX.