----- Original Message ----- From: <tbeyer1@peoplepc.com> To: <ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:59 PM Subject: [ILROOTS] Obituary posting for Otis Cox > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Cox, Edwards, Parks, Ridley, Taylor, Williams, Travelstead, > Watson, Craig, McGrew > Classification: Obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5988 > > Message Board Post: > > Otis Alvin Cox, 62, of Old Shawneetown, died suddenly of a heart attack > about 4:30 Monday afternoon while at Bishop's tavern. He had been in ill > health some time but had not been bedfast and was able to be up and around > most of the time. > The body was received by the Cox funeral home where it was in state until > noon today (Thursday) when it was removed to the General Baptist church in > Shawneetown where funeral services were to be held at 3:00 p.m. with Rev. > Earl Vaughn of Harrisburg officiating. Burial is to be in McGehee > cemetery near Junction. > The deceased was born near Ridgway, the son of the late William and Mary > Cox on February 28, 1890. He spent his entire lifetime in Gallatin county > where he engaged in farm work while able. In 1928 he was united in > marriage to Betty Mae Edwards Parks at Carmi, who with nine children > survives. They are Mrs. Laura Ridley of Lincoln, Mrs. Madeline Taylor of > Morganfield, Ky., Mrs. Lottie Belle Williams, Robert Cox and Otis Cox Jr., > all of Chicago, Mrs. Margaret Travelstead of New Haven, Pvt. Thomas Cox > with the U.S. Army at Camp Polk, La., and Mrs. Elma Watson and Mrs. Mary > Pearl Craig, both of Shawneetown. Two sons, Joe and Raymond preceded > their father in death. > Also surviving are two brothers, Bill Cox of Chester and Elmer of East St. > Louis and a sister Mrs. Rosie McGrew of Carmi. > > > ==== ILROOTS Mailing List ==== > There are TWO list archives, searchable two different ways. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=ILROOTS-L > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ILROOTS-L/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >