Kenneth Merle Cox

Kenneth Merle Cox of Louisville, formerly of Taylor County, son of the late Walter Cox and Cora Herron Cox, was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, September 16, 1936. He died at 6:42 P.M., Saturday, January 4, 2014 in Louisville. Age: 77He professed faith in Christ and was of the Baptist faith.He was a retired carpenter.He united in marriage to Elizabeth Willis November 19, 1954.Besides his wife, Elizabeth Cox, he is survived by three daughters and seven sons: Audrey Kay Cox Clark of Crystal Lake, Illinois, Sharon Lynn Cox of McHenry, Illinois, Patty Ann Cox of Burwin, Illinois, Phillip Harold Cox of Roselle, Illinois, Jeffrey Allen Cox of Crystal Lake, Illinois, Robert Merle Cox of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Charles Edward Cox, Rickey Lee Cox, Mickey Ray Cox, and Billy Ray Cox of Louisville; one step-daughter, Barbara Shirley Cooper of Taylorsville, Kentucky; twenty-eight grandchildren; thirty-seven great-grandchildren; three sisters: Sylvia Combs of Louisville and Mildred Shofner and Wanda Dillinger of Summersville; many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.He was preceded in death by two sisters and five brothers: Geneva Cox, Aline Keown, Haskell Cox, David Cox, William L. Cox, Eldridge Arvin Cox, and one brother in infancy.