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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
James W.
Dub Cox
December 18, 1922 – February 11, 2001
NAME: JAMES W. DUB COX, AGE 78, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT
BORN: DECEMBER 18, 1922 AT BROWNFIELD, TEXAS TO ROBERT CARL AND MATTIE (SPEARS) COX. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2001 AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 78 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TOKYO, TX. MARRIED: BERTIE HEDGECOCK. BONNIE BAKER. OCCUPATION: DUB WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER. HE OWNED AND OPERATED COX JEWELRY IN COALGATE AND ATOKA. HE ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED ATOKA TRUCK STOP FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. DUB OWNED A CAR WASH IN ATOKA AND WAS A PARTNER IN ATOKA LAND AND INVESTMENT WITH MEDFORD UNDERWOOD. HE RAN AND BRED THOROUGHBRED HORSES. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH AND FORMERLY A MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. DUB SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORP DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA LIONS CLUB, JAYCEES, ATOKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ELKS LODGE, SERVED 20 YEARS ON THE ATOKA HOUSING AUTHORITY, WAS ON THE ATOKA CITY COUNCIL AND RETIRED FROM ATOKA FIRE DEPARTMENT. DUB WAS A MASON AND MEMBER OF ATOKA LODGE #4, HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND BOARD MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CITY BANK IN ATOKA. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BONNIE COX OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SONS: RICK COX AND WIFE DON ANN OF ATOKA, OK. DARRELL TACO COX OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: BERTIE COX OF TUSHKA, OK. STEPCHILDREN: DEBORAH FISHER AND HUSBAND DAVID OF FT. WORTH, TX. WILLIE COTTRELL, JR. OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BRAD COX AND WIFE DEANA OF FAYETTEVILLE, TN. JASON COX AND WIFE GINA OF TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CA. SOMMER COX AND ALYSSHA COX OF ATOKA, OK. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: DAVID FISHER II OF PHOENIX, AZ. AARON FISHER OF FT. WORTH, TX. ALEISHA COTTRELL OF ANTLERS, OK. GRANT COTTRELL AND TAMARA COTTRELL OF JAPAN. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JAMES COX AND BRIAN COX OF TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CA. STEP GREAT GRANDSON: CORBIN GRANT COTTRELL OF ANTLERS, OK. SISTER: MILDRED JONES OF PLAINS, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ROBERT AND MATTIE COX. BROTHERS: CARL AND FLOYD COX. BROTHER-IN-LAW: CHARLIE JONES.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2001 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. BILLY JOE HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: JUNIOR NUTTALL, MIKE THOMAS, TIM THOMAS, CARL HENDERSON, HARRY FARRIS, GARY MCCOOL, MARVIN DALE, TED HENDERSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE GRIFFIN, DELROE SMITH, HARLEY JENKINS, MEDFORD UNDERWOOD, HAROLD ROLAND, CLIFF DARST, DON WALLACE, CLYDE SHEFFIELD, ROYCE THOMAS, MORRIS CARR, LEON MCNEIL, TOMMY THOMAS, ERNIE GRIFFIN, THOMAS MERRITT, PAUL FINCH, BILL FLOWERS, DON WALKER, HARVEY CAPPS, BILL MILLER, JUNIOR BRUCE, NOEL POWELL.
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