John R. Cox

John R. Cox (Coxie)
of Chenango Bridge
John R. Cox, 90, of Chenango Bridge, died Monday evening, October 8, 2007, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Evelyn Gallagher Cox, Chenango Bridge; his children, Kathleen and William Tyler, Dryden, Philip and Marsha Cox, Ithaca, Mary Ellen and Kenneth Burley, Centreville, Va., David and Janet Cox, Binghamton, Denis and Keri Cox, Chittenango; ten grandchildren, Kristen and William Munn, Christopher and Linda Cox, John and Brooke Cox, Erin Cox, Kyle Burley, Brady Cox, Kaley Cox, Kaitlyn and Kevin Gardner, Shannon and Chelsea Cox; six great-grandsons; brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, William and Josephine Gallagher, Eileen Gallagher; many nieces and nephews. He was a member of St. Catherine of Siena Church, Hillcrest and the 50+ club. He was a retired 40 year employee of the IBM Corporation and a member of the IBM Quarter Century Club. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, serving in the South Pacific and a member of Joseph P. Mangan American Legion Post 1194. Coxie coached Little League baseball in Chenango Bridge for over 20 years and was an avid N.Y. Yankees fan.
Funeral services will be held at the J.A. McCormack Sons Funeral Home, 141 Main Street, Binghamton, Friday at 9:15 a.m. and at 10 a.m. at St. Catherine of Siena Church, where a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City. The family will receive friends at the McCormack Funeral Home, Thursday from 4-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy, in memory of Coxie, may be made to the L.P. Gallagher Family Foundation (Scholarship Program for Catholic Education), c/o Seton Catholic Central High School, 70 Seminary Ave., Binghamton, N.Y. 13905.