Born in Randolph County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Percy Lee Cox
and Leoline (Routh) Cox
Sister of
Blanche (Cox) Powell and Mary Ellen (Cox) Underwood
Wife of
Clarence Worth Lineberry
— married
about 1939 in Danville, Virginia
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Mar 2013
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Biography
Ruth was born in 1919. Ruth Cox passed away in 1999.
Obituary
CLIMAX - Ruth Cox Lineberry, 79, of N.C. 22 N., died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1999, at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday at Grays Chapel United Methodist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Bart Millicent officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
She was a native of Randolph County and a member of the Women's Society of Christian Service.
Surviving are husband, Clarence W. Lineberry of the home; sisters, Blanche Powell of Sophia, Mary Underwood and Doris Beeson, both of Franklinville, Louvelia Morris of Asheboro, and Rachel Davis, Irene Surratt, Margaret Ester and Martha Williamson, all of Randleman; brothers, John Page Cox of Franklinville, Wayne Cox of Jacksonville, Ark., Percy Cox Jr. of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and James Ray Cox and Charles Cox, both of Asheboro.
The family will be at Loflin Funeral Home Liberty 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday and other times at the residence.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW7Y-RHM : 9 January 2021), Ruth L Lineberry in household of Clarence W Lineberry, Franklinville Township, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-18, sheet 21B, line 61, family 391, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2961.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95124350/ruth-lineberry : accessed 14 September 2021), memorial page for Ruth Cox Lineberry (16 Mar 1919–26 Jan 1999), Find A Grave: Memorial #95124350, citing Grays Chapel Cemetery, Grays Chapel, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Polly Fry Hagerman (contributor 47161889) .
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Theresa Ellenwood for creating WikiTree profile Cox-4216 through the import of AugustaMaeSprinklesAncestors.ged on Mar 5, 2013.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
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