MCLEANSBORO – Charles V. Cox, age 85 and a resident of McLeansboro, IL, passed away at 4:20 a.m., Thursday, July 6, 2023, at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro, IL.

Visitation will be held from 6 – 8 p.m. Monday, July 10, 2023, at Harre Funeral Home, McLeansboro, IL

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 11 with Pastor Bill Prince officiating.

Burial will follow in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, McLeansboro, IL.

Charles was born October 4, 1937 in McLeansboro, IL to Alva Herman Cox and Martha Ethel (Weems) Cox. He later married Shelby Jean Huffstutler on June 10, 1983 in McLeansboro, IL. He was employed as a laborer by the County Highway Department and he attended Hopewell Baptist Church near McLeansboro, IL.

Survivors include his wife Shelby Cox of McLeansboro, IL; 3 sons Charles (Chuck) M. Cox of Dale, IL; Jerry W. Cox and wife Terri, Chicago, IL; Robert L. Cox and wife Ali, Minneapolis, MN; daughters Cindy Hazelton and husband Jim, Dallas, TX; Kimberly Lantrip and husband Jeff of Johnson City, IL; Charlene Chambliss and husband Kenny of Mt. Vernon, IL; a brother John Robert Cox of McLeansboro, IL; seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, numerous nephews, nieces and cousins.

Charles was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers Nobel, Lowell, Jerry, Virgil
and Bill; and two sisters Mabel and Betty.

The Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro is in charge of arrangements.