Ledford Cox, 74, husband of Shelia Marcum Cox, passed away Monday at his home. Mr. Cox was a native of Jackson County, a son of the late Willie and Dora Smith Cox. He was a retired employee of Carhartt, and a member of the Driprock Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his brothers Oba, Daniel, George, Howard, and Leonard Cox; his sisters Mary Reva Cox, Nellie Lynch, Della James, Dovie Oaks, Nannie Brandenburg, Flora Clark, Ora Pierson, Lona Cox, and Lyda Cox. Survivors other than his wife of 45 years Shelia, include his son Billy Ray Cox, his brothers Ivan Everett, Marion Cox; his sisters Maudie Marie Richardson, Lillie Frances Feagins, Dorothy Blackwood, Ethel Sue Richardson, Helen Clark, Alice Lou Townsend, Nancy Fox; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday, at Driprock Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Marcum Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 pm Wednesday at Lewis-Abner Funeral Home, and at the church Thursday from 12:00 pm until service time.