Billy Sunday Cox (1919 - 1975)

Born 27 Oct 1919 in Geneva, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Catherine (Holland) Cox — married 27 Nov 1941 in Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States

Died 21 Mar 1975 at age 55 in Alabama, United States

Biography

Billy was born in 1919. He was the son of Leotis Cox and Claudia Stembridge. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

He married on 27 Nov 1941 at Alabama City, Alabama to Sarah Catherine Holland ^[4] and they had children: ^[5]

1. Billy Wayne, b. abt. 1945, m1. Vivian Welch Johnson, ^[6] m2. Dorothy Ann (Williams) Case ^[7] d. 09 Jan 2001 ^[8]
2. Tony Jerrone, b. abt. 1947, m. Beverley Donise Baxley ^[9]
3. Trulia Dianne, b. abt. 1951, m. Bobby Lamar Sailors ^[10]

Billy passed away in 1975 ^{[11] [12]} and was buried at Pilgrim Home Baptist Church Cemetery in Wicksburg, Alabama. ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXZT-MCM : Sat Nov 11 20:07:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Laurence L Cox and Claudia Cox, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3FBX-VT2 : Wed Oct 04 13:42:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Leotis Cox and Anita Cox, 1930.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1GF-BML : Wed Nov 15 23:03:29 UTC 2023), Entry for Leotis L Cox and Claudie Cox, 1940.
4. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21D-7PFP : Fri Oct 20 04:24:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Billy Sunday Cox and L L Cox, 27 Nov 1941.
5. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F7P-TKMP : Tue Oct 03 02:07:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Billy S Cox and S Katherine Cox, 10 April 1950.
6. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1W-F6ZM : Fri Oct 20 08:05:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Billy Wayne Cox and Billy Cox, 20 Apr 1979.
7. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1H-W7Z9 : Fri Oct 20 07:29:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Billy Wayne Cox and Billy Sunday Cox.
8. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K73-HBSR : 10 February 2023), Billy Wayne Cox, .
9. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1Z-4TV6 : Fri Oct 20 07:50:55 UTC 2023), Entry for Tony Jerrone Cox and Billy Sunday Cox, 25 Jun 1971.
10. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1W-CH91 : Fri Oct 20 05:29:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Bobby Lamar Sailors and Jack Lamar Sailors, 27 Jul 1978.
11. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5MB-R35 : 10 January 2021), Billy Cox, Mar 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
12. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K73-57PQ : 10 February 2023), Billy S Cox, .
13. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #32513335 database and images : accessed 20 November 2023), memorial page for Billy S. Cox (27 Oct 1919–21 Mar 1975), citing Pilgrim Home Baptist Church Cemetery, Wicksburg, Houston County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Don Atwell (contributor 47043939).

See also:

• "Alabama, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CT-CGGH : 14 March 2020), Billy Sunday Cox, 01 Jul 1941; from records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Ancestry; citing Newton, Houston, Alabama, United States, "Draft Registration Cards for Alabama, 10/16/1940 – 3/31/1947", NARA Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147. National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri, n.d.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMV8-JB8 : 5 December 2014), Billy S Cox, enlisted 25 Feb 1942, Ft Mcpherson, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.