Extracted from The Ada Evening News (Ada, OK)
Monday, December 16, 1957

R. E. COX

COALGATE -- Richard Edgar Cox, 77, retired rancher and business man, died at his home here Sunday; funeral Monday at 2. First Baptist Church, Rev. J. H. Bradley; Coalgate Cemetery, Slater's Funeral Home.

Born in Vineyard, Texas, Cox moved to Oklahoma in 1900; he served as county weigher for two terms.

Surviving are the wife, Jennis [sic Jennie]; daughters, Ethel of the home, Mrs. Etta Jackson [sic Jackman] of Miami, Okla., Mrs. Ida [sic Iva] Sprague of Coalgate; sons, Eddie of Coalgate, Bruce of Tulsa; sisters, Mrs. Lula Kerr of Coalgate, Mrs. Minnie Scott of Amarillo, Texas, Mrs. Susie Chaney of Centrahoma; 9 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild.

Bearers: J. B. Forneris, Otto P. Coffee, Roy Ott, Nick Lolli, Elmo Childress, Conner Pulliam: honorary: Jim Pope, Will Downard, F. S. Surrell, Jim Cunningham, Jess Marcum, Cleveland Pitts.