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Norman Cox Obituary
Norman W. Cox, 61 of Jacksonville Beach, FL, went to God's secret fishing spot on January 31, 2020, after a long and courageous battle with cancer at Community Hospice Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring surrounded by family and friends.
Norm was born on October 5, 1958, at the U.S. Army Hospital in Nuremberg, Germany to Lt. Crawford J. (Joe) Cox and Mary V. Clark. He went to Fletcher High School and received his G.E.D a few years after his graduating class of 1976.
After being born in Germany, Norman traveled with his father, mother and four brothers to multiple military bases throughout the United States and finally to Ethiopia where his father finish his military career as a Lieutenant Colonel. Norman moved to Jacksonville Beach in 1970 and immediately embraced everything about the beach life. Fishing, hunting, camping, motorcycles, cutting school to go surfing. Anything related to the beach lifestyle, he did it with gusto! He loved the outdoors. If Norman had five bucks, everyone had five bucks. If he was your friend, you had a friend for life and he would do anything for you. Words cannot express how much he will be missed.
Norman was a carpenter by trade and was a proud past member of the Jacksonville Beach Lifesaving Corps.
He was proceeded in death by his Father, Crawford J. (Joe) Cox, his mother Mary V. Cox, and his sister Cheryl Todd.
Norman is survived by the pride of his life, his loving daughter Emily, his 4 brothers: Crawford J. Cox III (Ann), Neptune Beach; Gerald M. Cox (Meg), Cocoa Beach; Neal E. Cox (Marshellah), Merritt Island; David B. Cox, Jacksonville; 14 nieces and nephews; his "brother from another mother" Terry Lee (Lynn) and a countless tribe of friends.
The family would like to thank all of Norm's doctors and nurses at the Cancer Specialists of North Florida, The Beaches Baptist Hospital for the kind care in Norm's time of need, the nurses, social workers and doctors at Community Hospice. Instead of flowers, please make a donation to the Jacksonville Beach Lifesaving Corps or the American Cancer Society in Norm's name.
A farewell service will be held in front of the Jacksonville Beach Lifesaving Corps Station, February 16, 2020, at 1:00 PM. Please, no suites. Just your comfortable beach clothes. Norman would want it that way.
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magi bacon wilsie
November 3, 2020
He was a good man and I will always remember him.
Dorothy Devaney
February 18, 2020
RIP Norman. You will always be remembered as such a kind and gentle soul.
Norman and Rusty with a Yellowtail at Ascension
Rusty Crider
February 16, 2020
February 16, 2020
I will never forget my Ascension Island fishing, diving, and surfing buddy! In all my years knowing Norman, I never saw him get angry -- even when I bonked him in the head with a billy club! He just crossed his eyes, rubbed his head and said, "thanks." I already miss you, Norman.
Rusty Crider
Kim Bruzdoski
February 14, 2020
You were such a sweet person Norman and will be missed by so many! RIP!!!
Vicki Mindykowski
February 13, 2020
On a camping trip
Mike Varela
February 13, 2020
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will miss you always.
Terry Canto
February 13, 2020
I would like to tell Norman how much I loved him.❤ I will miss you my lifelong friend
February 13, 2020
I met Norm as a fellow member of a recruit class in 1975 as we learned how to become beach lifeguards and proud new members of the Volunteer Life Saving Corps.There were many trials to overcome in completing that class; however, Norman always had a smile or a joke to help his fellow classmates get through.
Norm, it is an understatement ~ we all will miss you. Esprit d' Corps, Sean O'Brien.
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