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MYRTLE BEACH...Jack R. Cox, Sr., DVM, 88, passed away peacefully after a brief illness on Sunday, January 22, 2012. He was the eldest son of the late Grier D. and Vick Long Cox, born March 1st, 1923, and was predeceased by his brothers, Francis Cox and Paul Cox, all of whom were from the Maple community in Conway where he grew up. Dr. Cox was a veterinarian in Myrtle Beach for fifty years who, upon graduating from the veterinary school at Auburn, began his practice in the barn of the Washington Park Race Track in 1952, across from what is today the convention center on Oak Street. By the late 1960's he had moved to the city limits on Highway 501, where he renovated his original building to feature a curved roof and skylight. Next to it was the scuba diving pool with a glass front that he designed so that passersby could see the divers swimming. At about the same time he built the first cabana in what is now known as Myrtle Beach's Cabana Section. He was a proud native of Horry County whose family has been here since the Revolutionary War. He graduated from Conway High School in 1940 and began work in carpentry. Later, he flew 47 missions as a tail gunner on a B-25 over Italy and Corsica in WWII for which he was awarded the Air Medal. He became a private pilot in his fifties. An inventor, he received seven patents over the span of four decades. He had countless interests and a passion for life. He had a special love for his family, high school classmates, WWII crew members and all those at First Baptist Church Survivors include his former wife, Kate Moore Cox, of Myrtle Beach and Roxboro, NC; two daughters, Victoria Buresch of Washington, DC; and Kathryn Hedgepath and her husband, Jenks, of Myrtle Beach; a son, Jack R. Cox, Jr., of Horry County; a sister, Hannah Smallwood, of Port St. Joe, Florida; two nieces: Sarah Pennington and her husband, Tom, of Aynor; and Susie Fraser and her husband, Tom, of Brewton, AL; and two nephews: Clay Smallwood and his wife, De Etta, of Port St. Joe, FL; and Chuck Smallwood and his wife, Kristen, of Cocoa Beach, FL. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 PM Tuesday at Thompson Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Myrtle Beach, 500 4th Avenue, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577. Sign a guestbook at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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Jack Cox, Sr.

March 1, 1923 - January 22, 2012