HELEN BURKE COX
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL… Helen Burke Cox, a resident of Panama City Beach, FL, passed away early Tuesday morning, November 10, 2026, at her home. She was 85.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday, November 13, 2026, at Clio Baptist Church, with Reverend Randy Adams officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:15 until 11:00 A.M. prior to the service. Wright Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of the arrangements. Burial will follow the service at the Sykes Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Lunch, for those who would like to attend, will follow the interment in the Clio Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.
For those wishing to send flowers, please contact The Sparrow’s Nest in Headland, Alabama (334-693-3791) or the family requests contributions be made in Mrs. Cox memory to the American Orchid Society, www.secure.aos.org; or to the Humane Society of Bay County, 1600 Bay Avenue, Panama City, Florida or www.humanesocietybaycounty.org.
Mrs. Cox was born in Ariton, Alabama to the late Walter Patton Burke and Mary Edna Rhodes Burke. Mrs. Helen was a lifetime resident of Clio, Alabama. She was a graduate of Barbour County High School. She was co-owner/operator of Cox& Cox Construction. She was an active member in the American Orchid Society. She loved to cook and grow her roses and orchids in her garden. She loved being out in the sun. She especially loved shopping where she would always find the deals. She was a member of the Clio Baptist Church.
Helen was surrounded by the love she spent a lifetime giving. She was the kind of lady who made grace look effortless – a true southern belle whose beauty was matched only by her warmth. She carried herself with a quiet dignity that turned heads in every room she entered, but it was her heart that people remembered. She had a way of making everyone feel seen, of remembering your name, your story, the little things that made you you. She was classy and beautiful without needing anyone to notice, and generous in a way that never asked for credit. Mrs. Cox leaves a family who adored her, friends who cherished her, and a community that is better for having known her.
Preceded in passing by those she loved and is now reunited with include her parents; her husband, Bobby Ray Cox; her sister, Barbara Burke Benefield; her brother, Dexter Burke; and her grandson, Bradley Metcalf.
Leaving to cherish her memories are her daughters, Bobbi Cox (Andy Toth) and Suzanne Hinson; her son Ray Cox (Tammy Carlson); her sisters, Mary Hendley, Martha Hammad, Jane Hayes, and Jill Myer (Bob); her grandchildren, Wes Cox, Austin Cox, Helen Hinson, and Hanna Bryant; her great-grandchildren, Carleigh Cox, Braxton, Brayden, and Adelyn; and her several nieces and nephews.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Wes Cox, Austin Cox, Danny Cox, Daniel Mendez, Andy Toth, and Ray Cox.
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