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
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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