Linston E. Cox

With heavy hearts, we, the staff and management of R. Swinson Funeral Services, along with the Cox and extended families, announce the transition of Mr. Linston E. Cox, who entered into eternal rest on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at Kitty Askins Hospice Care in Goldsboro, NC.

Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 28, 2023, from the United American Free Will Baptist Tabernacle on JE Reddick Circle. Burial will follow in Alum Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, October 27, 2023, from 4 to 7 p.m. from the Robert Swinson, Jr. Memorial Chapel.

Mr. Cox is survived by his wife-Patricia Cox, of the home; one son-Vernon Kornegay of La Grange, NC; five daughters-Sharon Cox, Melba Cox of Kinston, Jacqueline Crawford, Joyce Cox of Virginia, and Towarren DeVaughn of Winterville, two brother-Emmitt Cox of Kinston, and Milton Cox of Maryland, one sister-Claudean Scott of Tuscarora, NC, twelve grandchildren, a host of great-grandchildren and other relatives and friends.

Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers during this sorrowful time.