Vernon Cox
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Vernon Leslie Cox (1904 - 1967)

Vernon Leslie Cox
Born in Cornhill, Sevier, Arkansas, United Statesmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 30 Apr 1922 (to 24 Oct 1927) in Howard, Polk, Arkansas, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 63 in Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Vernon was born 24 Nov 1904, in Cornhill, Sevier County, Arkansas. He was the son of Alex Alonzo and Margaret Annie (King) Cox.[1]

He married Elva Allman, 30 Apr 1922, in Howard County, Arkansas.[2] They divorced 24 Oct 1927, in Sevier County, Arkansas.[3]

He married second, Irene Eunice Dodgen. They had three children: Quincey L., Allen Bennett, and Kenneth Albert. Eunice also had another daughter, Emma Bernice, from her prior marriage to Eulis Gathright.

In 1940, Vernon was working as a timekeeper at a gravel pit in Texarkansas, Texas.[4] At the time of his death, he was working as a general manager for the Gifford Hill Concrete Company.

Vernon died of colon cancer, 27 Nov 1967, in Texarkansas, Arkansas, and is buried at East Memorial Gardens in Texarkana,[5]

Sources

  1. Arkansas Birth Certificates. Ancestry.com (database online with images), Servier County, Vernon Leslie Cox (1904).
  2. Arkansas County Marriage Index, 1837-1957. Ancestry.com (database online) Howard County, Vernon Cox to Elvia Hallman (sic) 1924.
  3. Arkansas Divorce Index, 1923-1939. Ancestry.com (database online) Sevier County, Vernon L. Cox vs. Elvia Cox (1927).
  4. 1940 U.S. Federal Census. Ancetsry.com (database online with images) Texas, Bowie County, ED 19-14, sheet 27A, Family 214, Household of Vernon L. Cox [image 54].
  5. Arkansas Death Certificates, 1914-1969. Ancestry.com (database online with images), Miller County, Vernon Leslie Cox (1967).

See also:

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101552066/vernon-leslie-cox : accessed 04 March 2022), memorial page for Vernon Leslie Cox (24 Nov 1904–27 Nov 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101552066, citing East Memorial Gardens, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by KindredWhispers (contributor 46986453) .




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