Alice Faye Cox

ALICE FAYE COX

WISE, VA -Alice Faye Cox, 71, entered into eternal rest Sunday November 8, 2026 from her home. She was surrounded by love.

Born on June 5, 1955 in Clintwood, VA to her parents Willie and Alice (Baker) Blevins , Faye Possessed a natural gift for empathy and a heart built for service. Whether caring for her family or friends, Faye viewed caregiving not as work, but as a sacred calling. For years Faye offered comfort, patience and dignity to everyone who crossed her path. Her gentle presence had a way of turning fear into safety and exhaustion into peace.

Faye loved cooking, one of her best dishes was chicken and dumplings, and she made the best butterscotch pie ever. She was an avid reader, would read almost anything she could find. Faye loved to go to yard sales and find hidden treasures and great bargains. Faye adored children, her own kids when they were small and every child she met.

In addition to her parents Faye was preceded in death by her husband, Benny Cox; her beloved daughters Bennye Helen Cox and September Cox; her sisters Linda Fields, Barbara Roberson and Stella McFall; and her brothers Kenneth Blevins, and Lloyd Blevins.

Survivors include her son Samuel Cox-Wise, VA; sisters Wilma Smith-Pound, VA and Edna Mickles and husband Wayne-Wise, VA; her brothers Allen Blevins-Clintwood, VA and Mark Baker and wife Charlotte-Coeburn, VA; a special niece and close friend Joyce Powers and husband Lyndon-Pound, VA; several nieces, nephews and cousins; and a host of friends and loved ones.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 pm Wednesday November 11, 2026, in the Baker Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Randy Carter officiating. The family will receive friends from 11:00 am until time of services.

Burial will follow in the Cox/Riner/Browning Cemetery on Riner School Road in Pound, VA where Samuel Cox, William Jessee, Lyndon Powers, Mickey Smith, Seth Cox and Eli Cox will serve as pallbearers.

Baker Funeral Pound, VA is serving the family of Alice Faye Cox.