Brenda Gail (Dezern) Cox

Brenda Cox, 67, of McLeansville passed away Friday, August 12, 2022 at Beacon Place.

A Celebration of life will be held at 3:00 pm on Saturday, August 20, 2022 at George Brothers Funeral Service with Reverend William Baker officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:30-2:45pm at the funeral home prior to the service.

Brenda was born in Moore County to the late James and Lucy Ray Dezern. She was employed with Forest Properties in Greensboro. She was a former member of Anchor Fellowship Church and was currently associated with Gibsonville Christian Church. Along with her husband, Brenda served her Lord through song, singing with the Spiritual Heirs gospel group and later with Proclamation. She was a member of the East Coast Gospel Association.

Brenda is preceded in death by her brothers, James Phillip Dezern, Terry Ray Dezern, and Edgar William Dezern.

She is survived by her husband, Johnnie Lee Cox of the home; sons, Frederick Blaine Moore, Jr. and Jeremiah Shane Moore; grandchildren, Dakotah Blaine Moore, Jeffrey Keith Morgan Moore, Micah Caleb Moore, Michaela Shae Moore, and Amber Marie Swaney; and great grandchildren, Henry James Moore, Benjamin Parker Moore, and Grady Layne Thomas Kellam.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105 or to the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Burn Center, Janeway Tower, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157.

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Brenda Gail (Dezern) Cox, please visit our floral store.