Alberta Cox

Alberta Cox, age 74, of Powhatan Co., went home to be with the Creator and Savior, Saturday, November 9, 2002 after a long illness. She is the daughter of the late Robert Fox Sr. and Agnes Funn Fox. She attended school in Powhatan Co., where she resided all of her life. She worked with various manufacturing companies in the Richmond area in her youth and came home early on to be a housewife and mother. She was the First Lady of Refuge Assembly of Yahweh-Powhatan, Va. and a missionary to her church organization. She spent her time in the ministry with her husband, teaching the Bible on public access television, counseling the youth and serving others in the community. She took her work in the church and her service to others seriously. She had many friends and was always ready to lend a hand to anyone who needed it. She was loved by all whose lives she touched. She was preceded in death by her son, Carlton P. Cox. Survivors include her husband, Bishop Lindbergh W. Cox Sr., Pastor of Refuge Assembly of Yahweh; three daughters, Marian Smith, Betty Mabry and Margaret Wright; two sons, Rafiq Muwakil and Charles Cox; 15 grandchildren, international recording artist Michael D’Angelo Archer, Luther Jr. and Rodney Archer, Jabari, Leslie, Lindbergh III, Marlon and Rafael Cox, Glenda Crawford, Donald Jr. and John Mabry, Lisa Bennett, Regina Mabry, Bakari Ruggiero and Patricia Wright; 13 great-grandchildren; one stepgranddaughter, Nicole Goode; one sister, Sarah Smith; one brother, Ransome Fox; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Remains rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts., where the family will receive friends Tuesday (today) from 7 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 13 at 1 p.m. at the Refuge Assembly of Yahweh, Powhatan Co. Bishop Lindbergh Cox, Pastor. Bishop Milton J. Hunt officiating. Eulogy by Bishop Elmore Woodberry. Interment in the church cemetery. After 12 p.m. Wednesday, remains will rest in the above named church until hour of services. Relatives and friends attending funeral services assemble at the church Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.