Dwight Cox, age 90, of Clinton passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at his home. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M., Friday, July 20, 2012 at First Baptist Church, Clinton. Burial will be in Clinton Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Cox will lie in state from 12 Noon to 5 P.M. Thursday at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. Family suggests contributions to the First Baptist Church and may be left at the funeral home. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Dwight served in the U. S. Army during W. W. II. He graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in Norman, Oklahoma with a degree in Pastoral Studies. He was an ordained Baptist Minister, and was a member of the First Baptist Church, Clinton.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Mildred (Wilson) Cox; his sister, Marie Williams and his brother, Walter Joe Cox.

He is survived by his wife, Ruby; one son, David Dwight Cox of Prairie Village, Kansas; three daughters, Donna Shumaker of Clinton, Joyce Johnston of Leeton, Missouri and Martha Lawson of Calhoun, Missouri; one brother, Ronald Cox of Sedan, Kansas; seven grandchildren, Matthew Lawson, Mitch Lawson, Melinda Barela, Melissa Meyer, Amy Johnston, Paul Johnston and Julie Cox as well as five great grandchildren.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton.