This article was published on Sunday, March 3, 2002, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 
Obituary of Gussie Cox, Saline Co, AR

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        Date: September 2006
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Gussie M. Cox, 80, of Little Rock passed away Saturday, March 2, 2002. She was
born Dec. 18, 1921, to Tom and Lillian Farr in Hodges, Ala. Before their
marriage, Otis Cox would ride his mule three miles to see Gussie. He tied the
mule to a pole and it would walk circles around the pole until the date was
over, and before they were married, the mule had walked a 6-inch hole in the
ground waiting for Otis. 

Gussie and Otis picked cotton to earn enough money for a train ride to honeymoon
with kinfolks in Bauxite, Ark., and their honeymoon dinner consisted of only
bananas. Gussie and Otis were married 64 years. She was a loving wife and
mother, and a member of the Baseline Missionary Baptist Church. 

Preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Linda Cox Gray; a brother, Milford
Farr; and a sister, Ovie Lee Rowe, Gussie is survived by her husband of 64
years, Otis Cox; two daughters, Alice King of Mississippi and Sue Cox of West
Helena, Ark.; two sisters, Jewell Sullivan of Mayflower and Gertrude Garner of
Huntsville, Ala.; two brothers, Haston Farr of Fullerton, Calif., and Archie
Farr of Philadelphia, Pa.; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many
nieces and nephews, including Jimmy Rowe, who was also her caregiver. 

A gathering in remembrance of Gussie M. Cox will be 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel
of Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth, with Brother R.W. "Buddy" Keese officiating.
Burial will follow at Carlisle Cemetery in Carlisle, Ark. Visitation will be 6-8
p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Visit www.legacy.com to sign the online
guestbook. 

Arrangements by Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth Custom Funerals & Cremations, 5800
W. 12th, Little Rock, 661-9111.