COX, JOHN W. - Hutchinson County, Texas | JOHN W. COX - Texas Gravestone Photos

John W. COX

Highland Park Cemetery
Hutchinson County,
Texas

John W.
1896-1944

Father

Johnnie
1934-1938

Son

Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary John W. Sr.
Funeral services for John William Cox, 48-year-old Borgan who died Saturday afternoon from burns suffered in a fire, will be held at the Powell Funeral Home Chapel Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the minister of the Skellytown Baptist Church, officiating.

Pallbearers will be Vern Farquhar, O.H. McClellan, Sam Vann, George Warren, J.W. Roberts, J.M. Malone and G.W. Graham. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery.

Cox is survived by his wife, Laura; daughters Mrs. Jin Winters of Rolla, Miss., Mrs. Earl McKinney and Louise and Hazel of Borger; one son, Tommy, of Borger; one brother, Arthur Cox of Henryetta, Okla.; three sisters, Mrs. Dessie Hall and Miss Viola Cox of Henryetta, and Mrs. Floyd Lane of Mesa, Arizona; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cox of Henryetta, and four grandchildren.

He was born May 23, 1895, and died last Saturday afternoon after suffering severe burns in a fire at the Phillips Plains Plant late Friday afternoon. Six other men were burned in the same way, when they neared welders' torches and the butadiene gas in their clothes ignited.

(Published in Borger Daily Herald, May 9, 1944)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John W. Cox
Death Date: 6 May 1944
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 23839

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: John W Cox
Birth Date: 23 May 1896
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Hutchinson
Father: Sam J Cox Senior
Mother: Nancy Morgan
Age at Death: 48
Death Date: 6 May 1944
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA

*John William Jr.
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: John William Cox
Date of Birth: 23 Aug 1934
Gender: Male
Birth County: Hutchinson
Father's Name: John William Cox
Mother's Name: Laura Delaughter
Roll Number: 1934_0002

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John William Cox
Death Date: 14 Nov 1938
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 51232

Contributed on 5/28/21

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Submitted: 5/28/21 • Approved: 5/29/21 • Last Updated: 6/1/21 • R422268-G422268-S3

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