Obituary:  Ruth Ethel Cox, 2003
Source:  The Daily Progress, Saturday, October 18, 2003
Contributor:  Dennis Truslow, aquaair@erols.com
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  Ruth Ethel Cox, 96, of Lovingston died Friday morning, October 17, 2003, at 
the Lovingston Health Care Center. Born Sept. 11, 1907, in Schuyler, she was 
the daughter of the late Robert Lee Cox and Carrie Norvell Cox.
  She was an active member of Nelson United Methodist Church, MWU of the Church, 
member of the Nelson Co. Business and Professional Women's Organization, member 
of the Proud Land Rose Society, past member of the board of directors of the 
Nelson Co. Chapter of the American Red Cross and served 15 years as secretary of 
the Nelson Co. Cancer Society. She was a graduate of Schuyler High School and 
continued her education at the University of Virginia after which she taught school 
in Amherst and Nelson Co. She was employed by the County of Nelson as a Clerk and 
Secretary to the County Administrator until her retirement. She was a correspondent 
for the Nelson County Times and the News Virginian at Waynesboro. She is survived 
by two Foster Sons Marion Massie Gleason and wife Alice and David Gleason and wife 
Irene. Her grandchildren Sharon Lawhorne and husband Kenny, Marion Gleason Jr. and 
wife Linda, Frances Lester and husband Douglas, Michael Gleason, Mark Gleason and 
wife Heidi, Marilyn and Melonie Gleason and Mathew Gleason; Great-grandchildren 
Stephanie Marchant, Eric and Kevin Lawhorne, Marion Massie III (Matt), Tyler, 
Zachery and Hannah Gleason, Amanda, Allison and Kirt Lester, Christopher, Michael 
and Katie Gleason, Bailey, Mitchell and Sophia Gleason; A great-great-grandchild 
Jacob Noah Marchant and several cousins; Howard, Jack, Buddy and Danny Craig, Nancy, 
Billy and Lee Norvell.
  A funeral service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Nelson United Methodist Church 
with Rev. Jim Hassmer and Rev. Randy Harlow officiating with Interment in Mt. View 
Cemetery in Lovingston. The family will receive friends today from 7 to 8 p.m. and 
suggest that memorials take the form of contributions to the Mt. View Cemetery, P.O. 
Box 295, Lovingston, Va. 22949, or Nelson United Methodist Church, 5239 Thomas Nelson 
Highway, Arrington, Va. 22922. Arrangements by Wells/Sheffield Funeral Chapel of 
Lovingston (434-263-4097).

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