Donald "Donnie" Silcox

To all that have known Donald "Donnie" Ray Silcox, born April 11, 1960, left on his way home on Thursday, June 6, 2024, surrounded by family, wife and nurses who cared for and cherished him.

He was preceded in death by his father, John Smiley Silcox; mother, Thelma Ruth Newport-Silcox; brothers, Homer Paul Silcox and Dewayne Russell Silcox; sister, Christine Shoemaker; brothers-in-law, Hoyal Hutson, Therman Johnson, and Buster Shoemaker, whom he loved very much.

Donnie is survived by his wife, Barbara Ann Silcox; two sons, Donald Derrick Silcox and Daniel Ray Silcox and life partner Damara Parton; three granddaughters, Journee, Kamara, and Kyree; two sisters, Trula Johnson and Phyllis Hutson, whom he loved and always tried to help along the way as well as nieces and nephews whom he loved very much also; great nieces and nephews whom he cherished; special friends, Wayne Lowe, the late John Stephens and wife Jan whom he called sister and Ted Schrock and wife Marcella Schrock whom he thought of as a sister; many other relatives and friends.

Friends may visit with the Silcox family on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 from 12 p.m. until time of the funeral service at 1 p.m. in the chapel of West-Murley Funeral Home with Bro. Joe West officiating. Special singers will be Marcella, Jan, Marva Lynn Bowling, and Ronnie Brock, all part of the Heartland Singers, and other possible guest singers.

Committal service will follow in the Fairview Cemetery. Pallbearers will be family and friends.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: 
Donald "Donnie" Silcox Funeral Fund
c/o West-Murley Funeral Home
18641 Alberta St.
Oneida, TN 37841

West-Murley Funeral Home is serving the family of Donald "Donnie" Ray Silcox.

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