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Frank L. COX

Westlawn Memorial Park (Westlawn) Cemetery
Hutchinson County,
Texas

Frank L.
1885-1963

Iva B.
1891-1982

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*Obituary for Frank
Borger News Herald - September 2 & 4, 1963

The man who installed the first power lines in Borger, Frank L. Cox, died at his home in Kemah, Tex., Saturday night.

The pioneer Borgan came here in 1926 as an electrical contractor, and he and a son formed Cox & Son Electrical Contractors Inc. in 1933. Cox, 78, moved to Kemah after retirement eight years ago. He was a member of the Borger Elks Lodge.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the First Methodist Church. Rev. John Rakestraw, pastor of Wesley Methodist church will officiate, assisted by Rev. J. Weldon Butler, pastor of the First Methodist Church.

Surviving are the widow, Iva B. of Kemah; four daughters, Mrs. Charles Moser II, Mrs. Charles Moser III, both of Borger, Mrs. Gladys Stevenson of Lamarque, Tex., and Mrs. Emma Moser of New Iberia, La.; three sons, Loyd of Borger, Clyde of Bartlesville and Frank of Kemah; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Interment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Minton Mortuary.

Casketbearers are D.W. Page, Ralph E. Bayless, W.T. Harrell, R.E. Sharpe, R.J. Rust, and B.B. Shaw.

Honorary pallbearers are D.R. Rucker, O.C. Collins, Chester Barnes, M.W. Whitfield, Hugh Anderson, Sam Patrick, Earl Laningham Sr., Bill Spears.

*Obituary for Iva
Iva Bell Cox, 90, of 731 N. Harvey, died Tuesday in Magic Plains Home.

Services will be at 4 p.m. Friday in Minton Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Lyman Paul Wood, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park.

A native of Iowa, Mrs. Cox had been a Borger resident for 56 years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Cox was a housewife.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank L. Cox in 1963.

Survivors include three sons, Clyde of Bartlesville, Okla., Lloyd of Borger and Frank of Kemah; four daughters, Gladys Stevenson of LaMarque, Mary Moser of Borger; Emma Moser of Levelland and Nadine Moser of Amarillo; two brothers, Lester Amy of Los Angeles, and Charlie Amy of Howe, Idaho; 18 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

(Published in Borger News Herald, May 26, 1982)

Contributed on 1/8/21 by neldapat
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Submitted: 1/8/21 • Approved: 1/9/21 • Last Updated: 1/12/21 • R377101-G377101-S3

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