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James R. COX (VETERAN WWII)

Highland Park Cemetery
Hutchinson County,
Texas

US Army
World War II
1915-1975

Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: James Cox
Death Date: 19 Jan 1975
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male

Funeral services for James Rudolph Cox, 59, of 219 Teague, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Wesley Methodist Church with the Rev. Royce Womack, pastor, officiating.

Military graveside rites will be under the auspices of Borger V.F.W. in Highland Park Cemetery. Burial will follow under the direction of Minton Mortuary.

Cox died at 5 a.m. Sunday in North Plains Hospital.

He was born Sept. 8, 1915 in Eldorado, Ark. He had been a resident of Borger for the past 23 years and was an operator for Phillips Petroleum Company at Plains Plant.

He was a member of the Wesley Methodist Church, the VFW and the 2nd Division Organization. He served in the army in World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Lucille of the home; a son, John of Denton; a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Holt of Downers Grove, Ill.; two brothers, Truman Cox and R.C. Mayes, Jr., both of Borger; three sisters, Mrs. Barbara Brown of Borger, Mrs. Ethel McKee of Corbin, Ky., and Nellie Cox of South Pasadena, Calif.; his stepfather, R.C. Mayes Sr. of Borger; and three grandchildren.

(Published in Borger News Herald, January 20, 1975)

Contributed on 5/27/21

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Submitted: 5/27/21 • Approved: 5/31/21 • Last Updated: 6/3/21 • R422155-G0-S3

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