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Myrtle Lee “Myrtie” Bowman Cox

Birth
Monroe County, Kentucky, USA
Death
24 Jun 2005 (aged 72)
Burial
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Plot
Valley Vista, Lot 37½, Space 2
Memorial ID
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Myrtle Lee "Myrtie" (Bowman) Cox was born on September 27, 1932 in Monroe County, Kentucky, the daughter of Francis Alpha Bowman (1883–1939) and Mary Betrice/Beatrice (Smith) Bowman (1908–1938). {Myrtie was listed in a Baptist orphanage in Benton County,Kentucky in the 1940 census, along with her brother Francis Donald Bowman (1931–1992) and sister Hazel Pearl Bowman (1934–1993).}

She was married in 1954 to Billy J Cox Sr (1929–2017), the son of Hartwell Karl Decker Cox (1896–1970) and Maude Elizabeth (Payne) Cox (1900–1984).

Myrtie was 73 years old and a widow when she passed away on June 24, 2005. Burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee {as verified by a phone call to the cemetery's administration on March 18, 2020}.

Known children of Myrtie and Billy:
~ David Hartwell Cox (1956–1956)
~ Billy J Cox Jr
~ Jackie Cox; m -- Littlefield
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Myrtle Lee "Myrtie" (Bowman) Cox was born on September 27, 1932 in Monroe County, Kentucky, the daughter of Francis Alpha Bowman (1883–1939) and Mary Betrice/Beatrice (Smith) Bowman (1908–1938). {Myrtie was listed in a Baptist orphanage in Benton County,Kentucky in the 1940 census, along with her brother Francis Donald Bowman (1931–1992) and sister Hazel Pearl Bowman (1934–1993).}

She was married in 1954 to Billy J Cox Sr (1929–2017), the son of Hartwell Karl Decker Cox (1896–1970) and Maude Elizabeth (Payne) Cox (1900–1984).

Myrtie was 73 years old and a widow when she passed away on June 24, 2005. Burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee {as verified by a phone call to the cemetery's administration on March 18, 2020}.

Known children of Myrtie and Billy:
~ David Hartwell Cox (1956–1956)
~ Billy J Cox Jr
~ Jackie Cox; m -- Littlefield


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  • Created by: Syd Gardner
  • Added: Mar 18, 2020
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208110967/myrtle_lee-cox: accessed ), memorial page for Myrtle Lee “Myrtie” Bowman Cox (27 Sep 1932–24 Jun 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 208110967, citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Syd Gardner (contributor 47902230).