Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Viola Cox Repass
   
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   Viola  Repass was born June 22, 1902 in Dickson County, TN to Cora and
   Thomas  A.  Cox and passed away February 16, 1994, in the St. Joseph's
   Hospital  of  Dahlonega,  GA  at  the age of 90 years, 7 months and 24
   days.
   Viola grew up in the Grimes area and attended Grimes School. She later
   married  Ralph LeRoy "Blackie" Repass on December 7, 1992 in Sayre, OK
   and  remained  in  western  Oklahoma  until  1938  when  they moved to
   Littlefield, TX. In 1953 they moved to West Plains, MO where they made
   their  home.  In  September of 1992 she moved to Dawsonville, GA to be
   with her daughter.
   She was a member of the Baptist Faith.
   She  was  preceded  in  death by her parents, husband, 2 sisters Zella
   Gamble  and  Eleanor  Cox,  and 3 brothers, Mayo, Charles, Raleigh and
   Thomas Carter Cox and 1 great grandchild Chris Leathers.
   Services  were  Sunday,  February  20,  1994  at 2:00 p.m. in the Rose
   Chapel   officiated  by  Ray  Smart.  Interment  was  in  the  Dempsey
   Cemetery,Roger  Mills  County,  Oklahoma  under  the direction of Rose
   Chapel Funeral Service.
   Survivors  include 1 daughter Faye Christian, Dawsonville, GA; 2 sons;
   Ernest  E.  Repass, Hurst, TX; Morris E. Repass, Woodland Hills, CA; 2
   sisters, Nellie Jurgensen, Sayre, OK; Willie Bates, West Plains, MO; 4
   grandchildren,  Dona Garmon, Dawsonville, GA; Carly Repass, Hurst, TX;
   Mike   Dressler,   San   Jose,   GA;  Tim  Dressler,  Japan;  2  great
   grandchildren,  Leigh Ann Garmon; Daniel Dressler; and a host of other
   relatives and friends.