Patricia Cox Hollingsworth

Patricia “Patty” Cox Hollingsworth

Patty was born in Roanoke on January 11, 1938 to the late Edith Bourne Cox and

Macon Adams Cox of Lynchburg. She grew up in Lynchburg and had lived in Salem

since 1964.

Patty was eccentric and very entertaining with her funny sense of humor. Gardening

was always her passion and she was an extremely knowledgeable horticulturalist.

She attended E.C. Glass High School, Randolph Macon College and VA Western

Community College. After earning her associates degree, she became a medical

secretary for the medical director at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

In her school days, Patty was an A/B student, a celloist and cheerleader. She played

cello for her school and the state orchestra. As a dancer and actress, she performed

in numerous plays. She was a secretary for the school council and a Red Cross

swimmer.

Before being diagnosed with MS, Patty was very active with many interests. As an

avid club tennis player, she won numerous trophies. For ten years, she was an

award winning ballet and tap dance teacher for Floyd Ward. Patty enjoyed intricate

needlepoint and crewel embroidery projects. She made exquisite dresses for her

young girls. She was also an avid bridge player and garden club member. She was a

Cub Scout Den mother and a member of the PTA.

Volunteering and fundraising played an important role. She created arts and crafts

for St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem to raise money for the church. Cultivating

plants for fundraising was a passion.

Patty is survived by her children; Macon Heald Fox and Suzanne Adams Brown; her

former husband; John Hayden Hollingsworth MD; grandson, Phillip Adams Brown;

nieces Cynthia Cox Lane, Ruth Cox Choinier and nephew Edward Lee Cox.

Preceding her in death are her brother William Edward Cox; her first husband,

Thomas Hubert Fox III and their daughter; Chiswell Bourne Fox, her second

husband, Eugene Francis Brown and their son Tazewell Adams Brown.

She will be laid to rest in the columbarium beside her son Tazewell at St. Paul’s

Episcopal Church in Salem.

The family requests for any donations to be made in Patty’s memory to the National

MS Society or St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Salem, Virginia.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.johnmoakey.com