Born September 14, 1933, Valeta Suggs Cox, 91, of Tabor City, passed away on October 8, 2024.
Valeta was a lifelong member of Old Zion Wesleyan Church and was seen by many as a living testimony of a Christian woman.
She is survived by her children Vickie Ewing (Scott), Nolton Cox, Wayne Cox (Connie), Alvin Cox (Yolanda), Vernon Cox (Crystal), and Bettina Davidson (Griffin); eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; and sister Ala Sue Suggs Norris. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elbert H. Cox; parents, Matthew Suggs and Beatrice Smith Suggs; sister Iona Suggs Johns; and daughter-in-law Vicki Hughes Cox.
Valeta taught school in Columbus and Brunswick counties for 31 years in addition to working with her family on the family farm. She loved her Lord, her family, her church and enjoyed sewing, reading and gardening. In the last two years of her life, she was loved and cared for by the dedicated staff at Coastal Pointe Assisted Living & Memory Care in Shallotte, NC.
Funeral services will be at 11:00a.m. in Old Zion Wesleyan Church, Tabor City, NC on Friday, October 11, 2024 with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service in the church.
Memorials may be directed to Old Zion Wesleyan Church, 10144 Swamp Fox Hwy E, Tabor City, NC 28463.
A service of Inman Ward Funeral Home & Crematory of Tabor City.
