Lester Earl COX1,2,5,3,4

30th Jan 19211,2,3,4 - 17th Nov 20002,5,3

Life History

30th Jan 1921	Born in Oklahoma.1,2,3,4
26th Aug 1971	Married Willie Mae STORRS.2
17th Nov 2000	Died in Dallas, Dallas, Texas.2,5,3
20th Nov 2000	Buried in Whitney Memorial Park, Whitney, Hill, Texas.2,3

Notes

1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 22 April, Elmore Township, District 8, page 12B, Hse #216, Fam #225
Cox, William L Head M W 32 TX TX TX Farm Laborer [born abt 1888]
Cox, Nora B Wife F W 32 TX TN TN [born abt 1888]
Cox, Lester E Son M W 9 OK TX TX [born abt 1921]

1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 15 April, Lindsay, District 25-12, Page 2B, Hse #15, Rents
Cox, Bud Head M W 43 Married Grade 4 b Okla Same place Garvin Okla in 1935 Farmer [b abt 1897]
Cox, Nora Wife F W 43 Married Grade 4 b Okla Same place Garvin Okla [b abt 1897]
Cox, Lester Son M W 19 Single Grade 5 b Okla Same place Garvin Okla [b abt 1931]

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Earl L Cox
Birth 1921 Oklahoma
Residence:Garvin County, Oklahoma
Enlistment 17 Aug 1942 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Education Grammar school
Occupation Farmer
Marital Status Single, with dependents
Height 71, Weight 140

Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
Earl L Cox Sr
Birth Year:
Age 50, abt 1921
Marriage 26 Aug 1971 Hill County, Texas
Spouse Willie M Starrs [Storrs]
Spouse Gender Female
Spouse Age 35
Source Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2000

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Earl Lester Cox Sr
Death 17 Nov 2000 Dallas County

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Obituary of Earl "Red" Lester Cox, Sr 1921-2000

Whitney - Earl "Red" Lester Cox, Sr, 79, of Whitney passed away on Friday, November 17 [2000], at the VA Hospital in Dallas. Funeral services were held on Monday, November 20, at 2:00 pm at Marshall and Marshall Chapel, in Whitney, with Reverend Eddie Booth officiating. Interment followed at Whitney Memorial Park.

Mr Cox was born on January 30, 1921 to William Lester and Nora Bell (Hunt) Cox. He was the oldest of seven children. On August 26, 1971, he married Willie Mae Storrs. He was an Army Veteran of WWII. He worked in the oil fields in Oklahoma, and pipelined when he moved to Texas. He lived in Whitney since 1969.

Survivors include: his wife - Willie Mae Cox; children - Earl Lester and {Pat Cox Jr of Bradley, Carol and Leon Allison of Duncan, Oklahoma, James and Christy Cox of Idabel, Oklahoma, Stephen and Donna Gail Cox of Ninnekah, Bernard Leroy Moseley of Blooming Grove, Robert Lynn Moseley of Whitney, and Roseanne Marie Zeock of Whitney; one brother - Bee Cox and his wife, Helen; four sisters - Marie Gregory and her husband, Everett, Virgie Engle and her husband, David, Ophelia Remy, Odelia Martin; 24 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

-- newspaper name not given; obituary courtesy of B J Allen, the Allen Family Tree, Ancestry.com
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Earl Lester Cox
TEC 5 US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth 30 Jan 1921
Death 17 Nov 2000
Burial Whitney Memorial Park Whitney, TX 76692

Sources

1. 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
- 22 April, Elmore Township, District 8, page 12B, Hse #216, Fam #225
2. Obituary of Earl "Red" Lester Cox, Sr, newspaper name not given, courtesy of B J Allen, the Allen Family Tree
3. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
4. 1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
- 15 April, Lindsay, District 25-12, Page 2B, Hse #15, Rents
5. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000