John Allen Wilcox

WILCOX, JOHN ALLEN 80, of Dacula, GA, died Tuesday, December 14, 2004, from a brief illness. Mr. Wilcox was a native of Louisville and lived in Georgia for the past 22 years. He attended the old Ballard Grade School in the Harrod's Creek area, graduated from Louisville Male High School and attended the University of Kentucky. He was employed with The Courier-Journal and later moved to California, where he worked with the San Jose Mercury News and the San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle / Hearst Publishing, where he retired. Mr. Wilcox was a member of St. Edward's Episcopal Church in Lawrence-ville, GA. Mr. Wilcox was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys G. Wilcox. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Donald E. Martin Jr. of Dacula; grandchildren, Stacy and Craig Gusek of Lawrence-ville, Katie and Curt Pierce of Braselton, GA, and Meghan Martin of Dacula; great-granddaughters, Ansley and Avery Pierce; sister-in-law, Mrs. Lee Kent Wilcox Sr., of Louisville; nieces and nephews, Raymond Wilcox and family of Louisville, George Wilcox and family of Tucson, AZ, Lee Kent Wilcox Jr., Carol Ann Woosley and family, John Allen Wilcox and William Wilcox of Louisville; and a close family friend, Myrtle Knight of Lawrence-ville. His funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, December 17, 2004, at Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel, with Rev. Kent A. Branstetter officiating. Interment will follow in Gwinnett Memorial Park in Lawrenceville. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Thursday, December 16, 2004, at the funeral home.