Mildred (Brownie) Cox Lafon, of Blacksburg, went home to her heavenly reward on March 22, 2020. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday with a huge gathering at Slushers Chapel where 150 friends and relatives visited and congratulated her on her milestone.
She was born on Dec. 6, 1919, to James Walter and Ollie Shaver Cox in Montgomery County. She grew up on Tom’s Creek and graduated from Blacksburg High School, class of 1937. She married A.A. Lafon on March 12, 1938, and moved to Mt. Tabor. They farmed and had milk cows as they raised their three children, C.W. Lafon, Charlotte Lafon Holland, and Arnold Lafon. Her sister, Virginia Cox, 97, lived with them all of her life.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James Walter and Ollie Shaver Cox, brothers Robert Cox and James W. Cox Jr.; her sister, Virginia E. Cox; her children C. W. and Anne Lafon, Charlotte and Robert Holland, Arnold and Donna Lafon; her husband, Arnold (Fonce) Lafon; a grandson, Donnie Lee Lafon; and a step-granddaughter, Diana Self; ten grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, 20 great-great grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, eight step- great-grandchildren, and five step-great-great-grandchildren.
Special thanks to Comfort Care Senior Homes. A private graveside will be held. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg.
