Ellory J. “Rusty” Wilcox, 82, of Greenville passed away December 16, 2012 at Hunt Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Highland Terrace Baptist Church with Rev. Royce Litchfield and Rev. Larry Jordan officiating.
Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM
to 8:00 PM Tuesday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home.
Born April 23, 1930, in Dundee, New York, “Rusty” was the son of Burton and Sophronia (Bump) Wilcox. On September 3, 1950, in San Antonio, he married Ruby Nell Moore of Saltillo. He served in the United States Air Force from 1948 to 1968 in San Antonio, Myrtle Beach, Panama Canal Zone, and Colorado Springs. He retired as a Master Sergeant. Then, he worked for E/Systems as a system analyst for 10 years before retiring from there. He was a member of Highland Terrace Baptist
Church.
His survivors include his wife, Nell Wilcox of Greenville; son Danny Ray Wilcox and wife, Marquetta of Arlington; daughters Teresa Morris of Cedar Hill and Debra Horn and husband, Paul of Desoto; grandchildren Kelly, John, Andrea, Jonathan, Michea, and Collin; two great-grandchildren; brother Dean Wilcox of Florida; many nieces and nephews; and many friends at Highland Terrace Baptist Church.
Pallbearers will be Amos Lowry, Marc Milton, Chuck Foti, Elbert Turner and Jerry Bench. Bill Miller and Neel Dearing will serve as honorary pallbearers.
