John D'Arcy Cox, 83

CAMBRIDGE - John D'Arcy Cox, 83, of Cambridge, passed away at the Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. He was born in Cambridge on Jan. 13, 1925. He attended schools in Cambridge. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters notably aboard the tanker USS Maumee. Mr. Cox had worked as a welder at the Cambridge Wire Cloth Co. for 31 years, and retired in 1979. After he retired from the Wire Cloth Co. he worked as a Security Guard at Coldwater Seafood from 1979 until 1989. On Dec. 28, 1946, he was married to the former Pearl Jones. She passed away on Feb. 15, 2006. Mr. Cox was a member of Choptank Memorial Post 7460 V.F.W. as well as Dorchester Post 91 American Legion. He had been a resident at the Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge since January. Survivors include daughter, Judy C. Creighton and her husband Barry F. Creighton of Virginia Beach; three grandchildren, Geoffrey S. Creighton and his wife Jennifer S. Creighton, Scott M. Creighton and his wife Katie L. Creighton and Laura E. Creighton; two great-grandchildren, Noah Scott Creighton and Ethan Andrew Creighton; one brother, Donald H. Cox and his wife Etta Cox of East New Market; two nieces and one nephew. A funeral service will be held on Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, at 1 p.m. in the Chapel of the Maryland Veterans Cemetery with the Rev. A. Delmer Willey officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 AC Skinner Parkway, Suite 100, Jacksonville, Florida 32256 or to the East New Market United Methodist Church, c/o Mrs. Tina White, P.O. Box 95, East New Maryland, MD 21631.