Ronald Gordon Cox, 81 of Vernon, Texas passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2026, in Vernon, Texas.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 10:00 am at Lakeview Church with Pastor Daniel Robertson and Pastor Clint Loggins officiating. Burial will follow at Eastview Cemetery under the direction of Sullivan Funeral Home.

Ronald was born Tuesday, November 7, 1944, in Vernon, Texas. He was the son of the late Fred Leon Cox and the late Virginia Mason Cox. He married Sandra Shank on November 24, 1977, in Houston, Texas. He worked at Vernon Foods and United Supermarket in Wichita Falls, and he was a district manager for an insurance company. He worked sixteen years for North Texas State Hospital and then at Victory Field Corrections. At the age of seventy-five he learned to drive a train with BNSF so he could dump coal. He won a safety award for his work. Ronald loved fishing, art, drawing people, and doing leather work, but above all, he loved the Lord. He was an ordained minister and a member of Lakeview Church.

Ronald is survived by his wife, Sandra Cox of the home, his son, Tragene Bristo and wife Sandy of La Mesa, CA, his daughter, Gena Bristo of Vernon, TX, and his brother Mike Cox of Fort Worth, TX. Ronald also leaves behind three grandchildren, Kelley, Joshua & wife Larissa and Rachel.

Ronald is preceded in death by his brother Ralph Leon Cox, Sr., his daughter, Angel Graham and his grandsons, Dustin Plyler and Ryan Johnson.

Visitation will be Wednesday, February 11, 2026, from 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Sullivan Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Lakeview Church.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.sullivanfuneralhomevernon.com