David Cox

COLUMBIA - Service for David Brooks Cox, 83, will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2010, in the chapel of Greenlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1-2:30 p.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel.

Mr. Cox died Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Born in Tryon, N.C., he was a son of the late Richmond Ward and Hazel Brooks Cox. He was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and played in the marching band. He attended Wofford College and was the business manager for the 1946 Wofford Bohemian. After college, he performed in the Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra and was active at West Main Baptist Church where he sang in the choir and served on the Board of Deacons. He was the executive field director for Spartanburg County-Palmetto Council Boy Scouts for many years. In 1974 he became a partner and operator of the Carolina Skateland in Irmo and remained in that capacity for almost two decades until his retirement. He delighted in providing a positive, fun environment for a generation of youth in the greater Irmo area through the skating rink. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Columbia and served as an usher and was a member of the Koinonia Sunday School Class.

Surviving are his wife of 62 years, Frances Mathis Cox; son, David B. Cox Jr. and his wife, Jan, of Spartanburg; daughters, Libby Hearn and her husband, Bill, of Summerville, and Kara Cox of Savannah, Ga.; grandchildren, Brooks Elizabeth Hearn, Sarah R. Hearn, Lindsey Cox, Morgan Cox and Maggie Cox; great-grandson Preston Cox. He was predeceased by a brother, Richmond Cox, and sisters, Hazel Chapman and Jenny Prince.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, S.C. Chapter, 3223 Sunset Blvd., Suite 100, West Columbia, SC 29169 or First Baptist Church, 1306 Hampton St., Columbia, SC 29201.

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