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Robert Newcomb Cox, of Marietta, Georgia, passed after a battle with Parkinson’s on December 9, 2024. He was 80 years old.

Bob’s friends knew him as a supportive, kind, and genuine person who possessed boundless, selfless energy. He was an engineer, a problem solver, one that could fix most any household item. Whatever the situation, if Bob were around, people knew it would be okay because he had an uncanny ability to figure things out.

With Parkinson's, Bob's ability to fix things suffered. His family - and especially his wife of 53 years, Judy - tried to focus Bob on fixing himself. Whether we made progress in slowing the disease, it's hard to know. Bob had Parkinsonian syndrome symptoms for a few years before he was officially diagnosed. Family attributed early symptoms to his heart disease, or to "slowing down" with old age. We supported Bob in all the physical and mental exercises that supposedly help slow down Parkinson's, including PT, OT, boxing, speech. It was a lot of investment for frustratingly little return.

Through it all, Bob remained the loving husband, devoted dad, and spectacularly decent human being that he always was. Parkinson's would not rob him of his love for family, even as it progressively denied him his ability to express that love.

We love you for all the ways that you made our lives better. You will be sorely missed but never forgotten.