On May 6, 2020, Charles “Charlie” Cox left this world, heaven-bound, to meet the Lord he loved so much. At 101-years of age, Charlie left a legacy. First and always in his heart was his childhood sweetheart, Emily Adams-Cox. Throughout their 80 years of marriage, Charlie and Emily were inseparable. Even in Charlie’s last minutes, as he and Emily laid side-by-side in twin beds, pushed together in their shared Glencroft Senior Living room, they held hands. Born July 14, 1918, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Alice Wren and Charles R. Cox, Charlie came of age during the Great Depression. He entered Franklin Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corp. (CCC) at 17 to support his family, and quickly rose to the rank of First Sergeant, “Top Kick,” leading young men, and building the Appalachian Trail. On March 22, 1940, Charlie married Emily Adams. (He was 21; She was 17). They had two kids, Chuck and Charlotte, but with World War II raging, he answered America’s call for service and enlisted in the United States Navy, where he served with distinction, earning him the American Theater Ribbon and the Victory Metal. With little formal education, Charlie was nonetheless known as “a man of all trades and talents.” He worked in aerospace, on satellite communications and the Titan Inter-ballistic Missile, and retired a supervisor at Martin Marietta. An avid Ham Radio operator, known around the world as K7AQ, Charlie was President of the Amateur Radio Missionary Service (ARMS), the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), and the West Valley Radio Club. Charlie was always ahead of his time, mastering the latest technology before it became mainstream. In the 1950’s, he built the first television set in his neighborhood. By the 21st century, late into his 90’s, he was fluent in Mac and PC, having transitioned from transistors to microchips - from computers the size of buildings to the iPhone in the palm of his hand. He loved the outdoors and working with wood. He owned and improved 180-acres of land in Grants Pass, Oregon, turning it into a park-like setting, and built a three-story house for his family on 11-acres in Conifer, Colorado. He traveled the United States, camping and site-seeing with his family. An active member of his Christian Church community wherever he went, he would sing hymns as Emily played the piano. Charlie is survived by his wife of 80 years, Emily G. Cox, Children, Charles W. Cox, Jr. and Charlotte G. Robinette, Grandchildren: Kristen N. Hamm (Matthew), Matthew C. Robinette (Tammy), Jeffrey S. Robinette (Ashley), Ruby Rose Robinette,, David A. Cox (Kimberly), James M. Cox, and Emily M. Cox, Great Grandchildren: Charles E. Simpson, Jessica N. Hamm, Irelyn P. Robinette, Davis C. Robinette, Jeremiah C. DeBaca, Annabelle L. Robinette Ava G. Robinette, Connor J. Cox, and Sarah-Jayne Cox, Sister, Dorothy Seldon and Brother, James McLaughlin. Charlie is preceded in death by his parents, Alice Wren-Cox and Charles R Cox and Sisters, Ruth Stamboolian, Martha Heisner and Florence Voshell. Memorial Contributions may be made in Charlies name to St Jude’s Children’s Hospital, www.stjude.org Although we mourn the passing of this great man, Charles W. Cox Sr, he would remind us, “This is the day the Lord hath made.” And as he would have it, “we will rejoice and be glad in it.”