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Louis Fredrick COX, SR

Forrest Park Cemetery
St. Francis County,
Arkansas

Louis
Oct 10 1902-Oct 27,1981
Husband of Alice Sanders Cox
Husband of Flora Martin Cox
Louis F.Cox of Forrest City is one of the leading general contractors of Eastern Arkansas. He has built over 100 residences and many buildings in his quarter of a century experience. He now owns and operates Lewis Cox Specialty store. He was born Oct.10,1904, in Salem, Ky., son of the late James F. and Vannie (Rhodes) Cox. His paternal grandfather, W.E.Cox, was of Scottish descent, settled first in Virginia, then Kentucky. His maternal grandfather, John Henry Rhodes, of English descent, settled in Indiana and later Kentucky. Mr.Cox graduated from Golconda Illinois High School and then attended the Evansville Indiana College School of Engineering. He came to Forrest City in 1928 and was employed by John A. Moore, contractor for a year and a half before entering floor and cabinet work for himself. He worked during the war in the Jacksonville Ordinance Plant, and the Jones Mill Aluminum Plant, before returning to Forrest City in 1943. On Jan.4,1935, he married Miss Alice G.Sanders, daughter of the late J.T. and Lizzie Ross (Moores) Sanders of Russellville, Ark., and to this union have been born two sons, Fred and Billy, and a daughter, Elizabeth Rose. They are active in the Methodist church, and he is active in the Lions Club, the Masonic Lodge, and has been a member of the City Council as an Alderman from Ward 3 since 1946.
Alice
1908-1972
Vannie
1869-1952
Infant
Dates Unknown

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Submitted: 7/21/14 • Approved: 10/15/19 • Last Updated: 10/18/19 • R1024441-G1024441-S3

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