Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....COX, BETTIE JOE BAXTER  October 24, 2014
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News Star World - October 26, 2014
BETTIE JOE BAXTER COX

Graveside services for Bettie Joe Baxter Cox, 90, of West Monroe, LA will be 
held at 2:00 PM, Monday, October 27, 2014 at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, 
Calhoun, LA. Dr. Mark Fenn will officiate. Visitation will be Monday, 
October 27, 2014 from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. at Kilpatrick Funeral 
Home, West Monroe.

Mrs. Cox was born October 24, 1924 in Wilson, OK and passed away on her 90th 
birthday, October 24, 2014 in West Monroe, LA. Mrs. Cox was a member of 
First Baptist Church of West Monroe and retired from Delta Vocational 
School. She proudly served her country in the U.S. Army/ Women's Army Corp, 
stationed at the Pentagon with the Military Intelligence Service during 
WWII, separating as a Sergeant at the end of the war. She was a volunteer at 
Glenwood Hospital for 20 years and enjoyed knitting and crocheting at the 
West Ouachita Senior Citizen Center. She was preceded in death by her 
husband of 60 years, L.C. Cox, Jr.; her parents, Robert E. and Mildred 
Baxter; her son, Michael Cox; her brothers, Paskel Henson, George M. Baxter, 
William P. Baxter, Vaughan Riley Baxter and her sister Mary Nell Converse.

Mrs. Cox was survived by her daughters, Mildred Cox of Dallas, TX, Martha 
Cox Elzen of Nashville, TN, and Marilyn Jones and husband Ronnie of 
Vicksburg, MS; son, Murray Cox and wife, Sylvia of Shalimar, FL; 
grandchildren, Brian Jones and wife, Tara of Baton Rouge, LA, Amie Jones 
Burroughs and husband, Wes of Vicksburg, MS, Elisa Mills and husband, Wesley 
of Vero Beach, Fl, Tina Knips and husband, Michael of Barrington, RI, Sonia 
Cox of New York City, Ethan Cox Elzen and wife Jenny of San Francisco, CA; 
great grandchildren, Palmer Elzen, Emerson Elzen, William Elzen, Caroline 
Mills, Keelyn Knips, Delaney Knips, Corbin Burroughs, Davis Burroughs, and 
Declan Jones. She is also survived by her niece Kathryn Phillips of 
Nederland, TX and sister-in-law, Jackie Baxter of Danville, CA.

Memorials may be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children's home, 7200 Desaird 
Street, Monroe, LA 71203.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at 
www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com

Kilpatrick Funeral Home

West Monroe, LA

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