Joseph Benton Fox
1929 - 2020 (91 years)-
Name Joseph Benton Fox - More photos of Joe at his page on the Gritton site, along with links to his Gritton ancestry.
https://hiltner.com/gritton/getperson.php?personID=I434&tree=tree1
Birth 21 Jan 1929 Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2] Gender Male Religion Center Point Church [3] Death 31 Oct 2020 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2] Burial Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 2] Person ID I5290 Hedges Last Modified 31 Oct 2025
Father Willis Benton Fox, b. 12 Oct 1891, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 15 Nov 1982, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 91 years) Mother Grace Gertrude Hedges, b. 29 Oct 1895, Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 9 May 1988, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 92 years) Marriage 10 Oct 1925 Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 4, 5, 6] Family ID F73 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- More photos of Joe at his page on the Gritton site, along with links to his Gritton ancestry.
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Birth - 21 Jan 1929 - Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Religion - - Center Point Church 
Death - 31 Oct 2020 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Burial - - Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Hedges, Geo, Cora and grandchildren 
Hedges reunion 1942 - need identification of some
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Rollie Yeazel, Sophia, Howard, Grace and Willis Fox, Florence Reece Kidder, Geo and Cora Hedges, Florence and Winfield Reece, Marjorie, Joe, Marion Fox 
Rollie, Sophia, Howard Yeazel, Grace and Willis Fox, Howard Yeazel, Geo and Cora Hedges, Cora and Winfield Reece Marjorie, doll, Georgie Bell, joe Fox, Marion Fielden Fox, Joseph Benton.jpg 
Harold Yeazel and Joe Fox 
Hedges Reunion 1932 
Hedges Reunion 1946
The Seventeenth Annual Hedges Reunion was held Sunday, August 18, 1946 at Lincoln Park, Danville, Illinois with 99 relatives and friends present. A basket dinner was served at the noon hour. George F. Hedges presided at the business meeting in the afternoon. Talks were given from those from distances and was enjoyed by all. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President J. W. Hedges, Vice President P. T. Hedges, Secretary Treasurer Anna Bagley. The next meeting will be held the 3rd Sunday in August 1947 in Missouri. Gifts were presented to the oldest man present, George F. Hedges, 79. Oldest woman was Mrs. Cora Hedges, 76 years old. The youngest was Robert Alan Yeazel, 3 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yeazel. Newlyweds were Mr. and Mrs. John Hanks. The one coming the farthest was Jasper N. Hedges of Dubois, Wyoming, 1650 miles. There were 6 marriages, Betty Buckman and Dale Wood, Geraldine Hedges and Frank Pesorara, Betty Lou Smith and Frank Day, Lois Smith and Max Dodd, Roy Hedges and Inez Cola, Irene Smith and John Hanks. There were 9 births [transcriber has omitted this section to preserve privacy] Two deaths: Ercel Eldon Simpson and James A. Hedges. Greetings were received from those from a distance who could not attend.Fox, Joseph
Headstones 
Fox, Joseph Benton headstone 
Fox, Joseph Benton headstone
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Notes - Joseph Benton Fox, 91, of Danville, Illinois, passed away Saturday (Oct. 31, 2020) at home.
Joseph was born on Jan. 21, 1929 in Fairmount, Illinois, the son of Willis B. Fox and Grace Hedges Fox. He married Patricia Ann Dowers on July 10, 1954. She survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Diana (Bob) Kmetz of Edwardsville and Teresa (Mark) Steinbaugh of Bismarck, one brother, Marion Fox of Decatur; one sister, Marjorie Block of Sanford, North Carolina; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Joe was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean War. He worked as a rural mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Fairmount and Homer. He was a member of the American Legion Post 210.
As per his wishes, Joseph will be cremated, and a private service will be held.
[1, 2] - member of Center Point Church
Joined Center Point Church on 13 October 1940 and was baptized at Catlin on 20 October 1940 by Cecil Smith.
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- Joseph Benton Fox, 91, of Danville, Illinois, passed away Saturday (Oct. 31, 2020) at home.
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