Fox, Gerald ""Sonny"" Edwin

Passed: 2015-08-19

Age: 73

Source: Charleston Daily Mail

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 2015-08-22

Information:      Jerald ""Sonny"" Edwin Fox, 73, of Evans, WV, passed away suddenly August 19, 2015.  He was born March 31, 1942, a son of the late Joseph Edgar and Ethel Nadine Akrum Fox.  His sister, Carolyn also preceded him in death.  Sunny was a Vietnam War era United State Air Force veteran, and a retired engineer from Verizon.  He was a longtime member and past chief of the Cottagevile Volunteer Fire Department and former owner and opeator of D.I. Trucking.  He was a member of the Cottageville-Evans Baptist Church, and enjoyed wood-working and spending time with his grandchildren.       Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Delores L. ""Dee"" (Ward) Fox; son, James E. Fox (Iva) of Evans; daughter, Tonja Oakes (Jeffery Jay"") of Cross Lanes; granchildren, Shad Fox (Katie) of Sissonville and Gracelyn Fox and Tanner Fox both of Evans, great grandchildren, Mason Fox and Emma Fox; brothers, Alvin Fox (Sharon) of Cottageville, and David Fox (Lynn) of Fairmont.       Service will be 2 p.m., Sunday, August 23, 2015, at Casto Funeral Home Chapel, Evans, WV, with Pastor David Sanderson officiating.  Burial will follow in Otterbein Cemetery, Evans, WV.  Visitation will be from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday, at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, donatons re preferred to Cottageville-Evans Bptist Church, P.O. Box 174, Cottageville, WV  25239.