Louis Wendell Cox
1929 - 2003 (74 years)-
Name Louis Wendell Cox Born 25 Jan 1929 Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 9 Oct 2003 Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois [1, 2] Buried Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois [1, 2] Person ID I3365 Gritton Last Modified 22 Feb 2024
Family Lena Mae Hancock, b. 16 Apr 1930, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 8 Jan 2015, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois (Age 84 years) Married 11 Aug 1949 Covington, Fountain County, Indiana [1, 2] Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1413 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 25 Jan 1929 - Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Married - 11 Aug 1949 - Covington, Fountain County, Indiana 
Died - 9 Oct 2003 - Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois 
Buried - - Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Louis Wendell Cox, Sr., 74, of Jacksonville died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003, at his home. He was born June 25, 1929, in Rossville, the son of John Franklin and Rhoda Mae Stephenson Cox. He married Lena Mae Hancock in 1949 in Covington, Ind. Mr. Cox was a 1949 graduate of Danville High School. He worked for Cox Heating and Air Conditioning in Danville before working at a Clark service station in Danville. He moved to Jacksonville in 1964 to open his own Clark station, retiring in 1979. He then worked for Walker Motor Co. for 11 years and worked for Bob Ridings until retiring in July. He was a member of the Pioneer Point Campers Club for the past 23 years. Survivors: wife, Lena; two sons, Dennis Wayne (wife, Beverly) of Knoxville, Tenn., and Louis W. Jr. (wife, Diana) of Nashville, Tenn.; three daughters, Elizabeth A. Humber of Fort Worth, Texas, Brenda J. (husband, Billie Joe) Lawson of Winchester and Cindy S. (husband, Randy) Suiter of Jacksonville; seven grandchildren; and a sister; Ruth (husband, Ronald) Mauk of Danville. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, First Christian Church. Burial: Diamond Grove Cemetery. Cody and Son Memorial Home is in charge of arrangements.
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- Louis Wendell Cox, Sr., 74, of Jacksonville died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2003, at his home. He was born June 25, 1929, in Rossville, the son of John Franklin and Rhoda Mae Stephenson Cox. He married Lena Mae Hancock in 1949 in Covington, Ind. Mr. Cox was a 1949 graduate of Danville High School. He worked for Cox Heating and Air Conditioning in Danville before working at a Clark service station in Danville. He moved to Jacksonville in 1964 to open his own Clark station, retiring in 1979. He then worked for Walker Motor Co. for 11 years and worked for Bob Ridings until retiring in July. He was a member of the Pioneer Point Campers Club for the past 23 years. Survivors: wife, Lena; two sons, Dennis Wayne (wife, Beverly) of Knoxville, Tenn., and Louis W. Jr. (wife, Diana) of Nashville, Tenn.; three daughters, Elizabeth A. Humber of Fort Worth, Texas, Brenda J. (husband, Billie Joe) Lawson of Winchester and Cindy S. (husband, Randy) Suiter of Jacksonville; seven grandchildren; and a sister; Ruth (husband, Ronald) Mauk of Danville. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, First Christian Church. Burial: Diamond Grove Cemetery. Cody and Son Memorial Home is in charge of arrangements.
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