Freestone County, Texas
Obits


Bowers Funeral Home

Lillian Shutt Cox 
(January 8, 1918 - February 7, 2007) 

Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Cox were held on Sunday, February 11, 2007
at 2:00p.m. at First Baptist Church in Teague. Rev. Darrell Beggs officiated. 
Interment followed the services at Greenwood Cemetery in Teague. Lillian Emily
Cox died on February 7, 2007, at the Oaknoll Retirement Residence in Iowa City,
IA. Lillian was born to Minor Shutt and Arlene (Crosgrove) Shutt on January 8, 
1918, in Jamestown, NY. At the age of two, Lillian moved with her parents to 
San Angelo, Texas, where her father was employed by The San Angelo Standard-
Times. As a teenager she was baptized at the First Baptist Church in San 
Angelo. She attended San Angelo Junior College (now Angelo State University)
before completing her Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Texas 
in 1939. Lillian also completed two summer semesters of work in Library 
Science at LSU and the University of Illinois. While attending the University 
of Texas, Lillian met her future husband, Jack Ray Cox, at the youth group of 
the University Baptist Church. They were subsequently married on November 1, 
1944, while he was enrolled in the University of Texas Medical School in 
Galveston, Texas. After completion of his medical degree and a one-year 
internship in Salt Lake City, Utah, Lillian and Jack moved to Teague, Texas,
where they lived for fifty-four years. Upon her husband’s death in January 
2003, Lillian moved to Oaknoll Retirement Residence in Iowa City. Lillian was
an avid reader with eclectic tastes. Her father’s love of journalism was 
transmitted to her. There were 4 daily newspapers, 3 Sunday editions, and a
weekly newspaper delivered throughout the week. Monthly magazines and books
on various topics, especially Texana, flowed into the household continuously,
and she promoted a strong sense of curiosity in all of those around her. She
developed a reputation as a skilled Southern cook. In addition to serving as
president of the PTA and a Cub Scout leader, she was for many years the teacher
of the young women's BYKOTA Sunday School class at the First Baptist Church of
Teague. A devoted mother, she taught her three sons the supreme importance of 
courtesy. Lillian was preceded in death by her husband and four siblings: 
Elliott Shutt, Marian Hathaway, Virginia Talbert, and Donald Shutt. She is 
survived by three children and seven grandchildren: Jeffrey Cox (Lois) of Iowa 
City and their children Eleanor Cox and David Cox; Andrew Cox (Mary Ann) of 
Albuquerque, NM, and their children, Emily Moyer (Eric), Julia Stephens (David),
and Katherine Cox; Russell Cox (Martha) of Gastonia, NC, and their children, 
Matthew Cox, and Benjamin Cox.. She is also survived by several nephews and 
nieces including Anne Roussos, with whom she was particularly close.