VINCENT BERNARD COX WAS BORN TO THE UNION OF THURMAN & VIRGIE(PERRY) COX THOMAS ON MAY 31, 1960.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BOTH HIS PARENTS, BOTH SETS OF GRANDPARENTS, & A BROTHER, JESSIE E. COX, SR, & A GRANDDAUGHTER, EMICA GARRISON.
VINCENT JOINED MORNING STAR AT AN EARLY AGE AND LATER JOINED FIRST BAPTIST IN TRENTON WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MALE CHORUS UNTIL HIS ILLNESS. VINCENT WAS A GRADUATE OF HUMBOLDT HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1978, AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY SERVING 4 YRS. IN INFANTRY; STATIONED IN HAWAII, CALIFORNIA & AUSTRAILA. HE WAS LATER EMPLOYED BY WALMART, LATER HE RESIDED IN ATLANTA GA, AS A LINEMAN , THEN RETURNING HOME TO WORK FOR MANY YRS AS AN INSURANCE AGENT FOR UNION NATIONAL LIFE INS.CO., HE FURTHERED HIS WORK HISTORY AT UPS AND PORTER CABLE, UNTIL HIS HEALTH FAILED. VINCE WAS GIVEN THE NAME “TIN MAN’ BY HIS FRIENDS IN HIS EARLY YRS THAT ALWAYS STUCK WITH HIM, MR. FIX IT AND UNCLE VINCE CAME LATER FROM HIS MANY NIECES & NEPHEWS WHO THOUGH HE HUNG THE MOON.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY, 2 DAUGHTERS, EBONY GARRISON OF KANSAS CITY, MO., DERONDA AGNEW OF NASHVILLE TN., 3 GRANDCHILDREN, DELSHAUN & MICHELLE GARRISON OF KANSAS CITY, MO., MALIK AGNEW-BROWN OF NASHVILLE, TN.
BROTHERS: THURMAN T.S. COX, THADIS (LINDA)COX, TOMMIE (MARGARET) COX OF LOUISVILLE, KY., PASTOR QUILEY TROY (JEWELL) COX OF HUMBOLDT, TN, ARZIE (MARIE) COX OF TRENTON, TN. SISTERS: SALLY SIMMONS, ORA KNOWLES, STEPHANIE(CHESTER) SHARP ALL OF HUMBOLDT TN., 2 AUNTS: JUANITA GRIMES OF LOUISVILLE KY, ESSIE BROOKS OF HUMBOLDT TN, 1 BROTHER IN LAW: FREDDIE (CAROL ) LEWIS. A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS , FRIENDS & (VINCENT’S AKA CHARLIE’S ANGELS) MIN. SANJENETTE PERRY, SIS. KAREN RENEE JOHNSON & SIS. JACKIE FREEMAN.
