ALICE LENORA PROFFITT COX

Alice Lenora Proffitt Cox, age 77, of Dandridge, TN went home to be with Jesus Saturday morning, March 26, 2016, following a serious illness. She was preceded in death by Leonard Cox, her husband of 59 years with whom she farmed in Jefferson County. She was a longtime member of the Green Hill Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by father and mother, Horace Proffitt, Ida (Messer Proffitt) Ray and beloved step father, Cecil Ray; sisters, Pearl Proffitt and Lillian Proffitt Massengill and brothers Estell Proffitt and Raymond Proffitt; great granddaughter, Aleina Mae Phillips. Survived by son, Wendell H. Cox; daughter, Aldena (Cox) Phillips and husband, Terry, Margie (Cox) Mills and husband, Ennis; son, Bart Cox and wife Melanie and Lee Cox and wife Martha; grandchildren, Daniel and Emma Phillips, Allison Phillips, Matthew Cox and Dusti Cox, Christen Chiles and Jake Chiles, Laura Mills, Andrea Dalton and Bryant Dalton, Aaron Mills, James Cox, and Savannah, Garren and Hayley Darling; great-grandchildren, Meleah, Brooke, Bry, Brantley, Leo and Lila; sister Ethel Mae Shelton and brother John Lee (Carolyn) Proffitt and sister-in-laws Ann Proffitt, Della (Cox) Haynes, Joan (Cox) Hubbard, Faye (Cox) Hartman and her husband Max; brother-in-law, Ervin Cox; she loved her many nieces and nephews dearly. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the ALS Association TN Chapter, 301 Louis St., Suite 306, Kingsport, TN 37660. Funeral services, Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 7:00pm at Farrar Funeral Home Chapel with Pastors Caleb Dennis and Tommy Lindsey officiating. Interment graveside services, Wednesday, 11:00am at the Cox Family Cemetery. Family will receive friends Tuesday evening, 5:00 to 7:00pm prior to services at FARRAR FUNERAL HOME, DANDRIDGE.