The following obituary was submitted by South Canton Funeral Home and Chapel:
Leon Cox, 78, of Canton passed away on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at his residence.
Funeral services were held on Monday, Jan. 20 at South Canton Funeral Home with Rev. Buddy Roper and Rev. Bill Campbell officiating. Interment followed at Macedonia Memorial Park.
The family received friends on Saturday, Jan. 18, Sunday, Jan. 19 and on Monday, Jan. 20 at the funeral home.
He was preceded in death by wife Reba Cox and daughter Tena Lumpkin.
Survivors include: daughter Tammy Massey of Waleska; mother-in-law Alice Lanning of Canton; sister Christine Roper of Cumming; sister Frankie Collett of Powder Springs; grandchildren Alician Lumpkin of Jasper; grandchildren Amber Lumpkin of Canton, Dixi Farley of Ball Ground, Lacy Farley of Jasper, Alabama and Leon Massey of Canton; and great-grandchildren Taylor and Tally Lumpkin of Jasper.
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