Funeral service for Ray Cox will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 15, 2016 in Central Baptist Church with Dr. Keith Miles, Pastor officiating.

Burial with military honors will be in Fort Sill National Cemetery under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 6-8 pm Monday at the funeral home.

Ray Cox, age 70, Lawton, died Thursday, November 10, 2016 in Oklahoma City.  He was born July 17, 1946 in Lawton to William and Dorothy (Sanmann) Cox.  He grew up in Geronimo and graduated from Geronimo High School.  He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was a Vietnam veteran.  He was discharged in 1968 at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.  He married Sundy Robin Barton on October 26, 1968 in Geronimo.  She preceded him in death on September 24, 2015.

Ray took the skills he learned in the Air Force and began a 35 year career with Southwestern Bell Telephone.  He was a member of Central Baptist Church.  Ray played the trumpet as a member of the Cameron Community Band and served as a volunteer band instructor at the Lawton Christian Academy.  He enjoyed model airplanes and was a member of the Lawton Fun Flyers.  He also enjoyed drinking coffee with his buddies at Burger King and was an OU Sooner fan.

Survivors include two sons, Christopher Ray Cox, Golden, Colorado and David Cox and wife Kerri, Little Elm, Texas; his daughter, Emily Ann Taylor and husband David, Edmond; four grandchildren, Addison Cox, Owen Taylor, Pierce Taylor and Ella Taylor; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Michael and Rosemary Cox, Columbus, Ohio and Danny and Felecia Cox, Lawton; his father-in-law, Orville Robert Barton; and his cat, Gem.

His parents and a sister, Duffy, preceded him in death.

The family is requesting that you please consider making a donation to a memorial fund in Ray's name at this site: www. gofundme.com/2yolm3g