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DIES AT KINSTON
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Judge J. G. Cox Passed Away In That City
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KINSTON, Oct. 24—Judge James Gabriel Cox, one of Kinston’s best
known older citizens, died shortly before 2 o’clock this afternoon, in his
73rd year, at his home on south Heritage street.
Judge Cox was for many years a familiar figure on the streets of the city.
He was a popular magistrate, and held a record for officiating at marriages.
He was the son of James W. Cox, a pioneer Kinstonian.
The infirmities of old age caused his death. Judge Cox’s last appearance
in public was in September at the opening of the Kennedy Memorial Home,
when the over-exertion occasioned by his visit to the institution caused a
relapse, since which time he has been gradually sinking daily.
Besides the widow, one sister, Mrs. Hutchins of Chapel Hill, and the following
sons and daughters survive; James W. Cox, of Elm City, James G. Cox, Roy
A. Cox and Mrs. George Suggs of this city. Mr. J. W. Cox was at his father’s
bedside this morning, and had returned to Elm City only three hours before the
Grim Messenger claimed the fine old gentleman.
New Bern Daily Journal Oct. 25, 1914
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