~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona was the DAUGHTER of:
FATHER - Malone Cox
MOTHER - Maggie (Roller) Cox
/ both buried nearby
She had one sibling
*BROTHER - Everett Cox
(Ev resided in Purdy with his
wife, Sally and two daughters)
*********************
Leona Cox a very thin lady.
Even in her 'older years,'
she still had black hair.
She kept her coif bobbed
to the same 1920s era
chin-length she had had
many years before.
Cute Ms Cox always
resembled a brunett
'Lil Dutch Boy!'
(Leona also had a hint of
'a mustache',
which made her seem
'mysterious'...)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She was a 'maiden lady'.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona lived in a white frame house
on Main Street, (facing the North)
just a block or two from her final
resting place at the Purdy Cemetery.
During the summer of 1962,
Ms Leona Cox hired a neighborman
to paint her house. It was so
devoid of paint (A very costly
undertaking for a single female
with limited funds), it looked
like it was pale gray even though
it was supposed to be white!
The old wooden boards of the house
sucked up the paint like the walls
were made of sponge.
The paint job proved to be a far
more costly endeavor than Miss Cox
could afford. To cover her debt,
Leona gave the neighborman a
treasured dish in payment.
She explained that this 'compote'
had been held in the lap of one
of her female family ancestors,
as they traveled via horse-drawn
wagon from somewhere back
East to Missouri.
Upon arriving home with the
odd payment, the dish became
a prized possession in the
neighborman's household.
It was a pale green, milk-glass
compote. The design featured a
stem-support shaped like a man
holding upward a cornicopia with
the bowl-area above.
The antique item - proudly sitting
in the middle of a big display area
- became known by generations of
the painter's family as:
'The Leona Cox Compote!'
All who ever saw it,
admired its beauty
-- and heard the story
of how it came to
in in the family's possession
and how it had traveled to
Missouri as a special treasure
of the neighboring Cox clan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona Cox was a Christian.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** GOD'S GARDEN **
"God looked around His garden
and found an empty place.
He then looked down upon the
earth and saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you
and lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He always takes the best.
He knew you were suffering,
He knew you were in pain,
He knew that you would never
get well on earth again
He saw the road was getting
rough and the hills were hard
to climb, He closed your weary
eyelids and whispered
"Peace Be Thine."
It broke our hearts to lose you
but you didn't go alone
Part of us went with you
the day God called you home."
Author -- Unknown
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This biography is
humbly presented by
Audrey Burtrum-Stanley / Arkansas
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona was the DAUGHTER of:
FATHER - Malone Cox
MOTHER - Maggie (Roller) Cox
/ both buried nearby
She had one sibling
*BROTHER - Everett Cox
(Ev resided in Purdy with his
wife, Sally and two daughters)
*********************
Leona Cox a very thin lady.
Even in her 'older years,'
she still had black hair.
She kept her coif bobbed
to the same 1920s era
chin-length she had had
many years before.
Cute Ms Cox always
resembled a brunett
'Lil Dutch Boy!'
(Leona also had a hint of
'a mustache',
which made her seem
'mysterious'...)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She was a 'maiden lady'.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona lived in a white frame house
on Main Street, (facing the North)
just a block or two from her final
resting place at the Purdy Cemetery.
During the summer of 1962,
Ms Leona Cox hired a neighborman
to paint her house. It was so
devoid of paint (A very costly
undertaking for a single female
with limited funds), it looked
like it was pale gray even though
it was supposed to be white!
The old wooden boards of the house
sucked up the paint like the walls
were made of sponge.
The paint job proved to be a far
more costly endeavor than Miss Cox
could afford. To cover her debt,
Leona gave the neighborman a
treasured dish in payment.
She explained that this 'compote'
had been held in the lap of one
of her female family ancestors,
as they traveled via horse-drawn
wagon from somewhere back
East to Missouri.
Upon arriving home with the
odd payment, the dish became
a prized possession in the
neighborman's household.
It was a pale green, milk-glass
compote. The design featured a
stem-support shaped like a man
holding upward a cornicopia with
the bowl-area above.
The antique item - proudly sitting
in the middle of a big display area
- became known by generations of
the painter's family as:
'The Leona Cox Compote!'
All who ever saw it,
admired its beauty
-- and heard the story
of how it came to
in in the family's possession
and how it had traveled to
Missouri as a special treasure
of the neighboring Cox clan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona Cox was a Christian.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** GOD'S GARDEN **
"God looked around His garden
and found an empty place.
He then looked down upon the
earth and saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you
and lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He always takes the best.
He knew you were suffering,
He knew you were in pain,
He knew that you would never
get well on earth again
He saw the road was getting
rough and the hills were hard
to climb, He closed your weary
eyelids and whispered
"Peace Be Thine."
It broke our hearts to lose you
but you didn't go alone
Part of us went with you
the day God called you home."
Author -- Unknown
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This biography is
humbly presented by
Audrey Burtrum-Stanley / Arkansas
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona was the DAUGHTER of:
FATHER - Malone Cox
MOTHER - Maggie (Roller) Cox
/ both buried nearby
She had one sibling
*BROTHER - Everett Cox
(Ev resided in Purdy with his
wife, Sally and two daughters)
*********************
Leona Cox a very thin lady.
Even in her 'older years,'
she still had black hair.
She kept her coif bobbed
to the same 1920s era
chin-length she had had
many years before.
Cute Ms Cox always
resembled a brunett
'Lil Dutch Boy!'
(Leona also had a hint of
'a mustache',
which made her seem
'mysterious'...)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She was a 'maiden lady'.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona lived in a white frame house
on Main Street, (facing the North)
just a block or two from her final
resting place at the Purdy Cemetery.
During the summer of 1962,
Ms Leona Cox hired a neighborman
to paint her house. It was so
devoid of paint (A very costly
undertaking for a single female
with limited funds), it looked
like it was pale gray even though
it was supposed to be white!
The old wooden boards of the house
sucked up the paint like the walls
were made of sponge.
The paint job proved to be a far
more costly endeavor than Miss Cox
could afford. To cover her debt,
Leona gave the neighborman a
treasured dish in payment.
She explained that this 'compote'
had been held in the lap of one
of her female family ancestors,
as they traveled via horse-drawn
wagon from somewhere back
East to Missouri.
Upon arriving home with the
odd payment, the dish became
a prized possession in the
neighborman's household.
It was a pale green, milk-glass
compote. The design featured a
stem-support shaped like a man
holding upward a cornicopia with
the bowl-area above.
The antique item - proudly sitting
in the middle of a big display area
- became known by generations of
the painter's family as:
'The Leona Cox Compote!'
All who ever saw it,
admired its beauty
-- and heard the story
of how it came to
in in the family's possession
and how it had traveled to
Missouri as a special treasure
of the neighboring Cox clan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona Cox was a Christian.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** GOD'S GARDEN **
"God looked around His garden
and found an empty place.
He then looked down upon the
earth and saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you
and lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He always takes the best.
He knew you were suffering,
He knew you were in pain,
He knew that you would never
get well on earth again
He saw the road was getting
rough and the hills were hard
to climb, He closed your weary
eyelids and whispered
"Peace Be Thine."
It broke our hearts to lose you
but you didn't go alone
Part of us went with you
the day God called you home."
Author -- Unknown
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This biography is
humbly presented by
Audrey Burtrum-Stanley / Arkansas
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona was the DAUGHTER of:
FATHER - Malone Cox
MOTHER - Maggie (Roller) Cox
/ both buried nearby
She had one sibling
*BROTHER - Everett Cox
(Ev resided in Purdy with his
wife, Sally and two daughters)
*********************
Leona Cox a very thin lady.
Even in her 'older years,'
she still had black hair.
She kept her coif bobbed
to the same 1920s era
chin-length she had had
many years before.
Cute Ms Cox always
resembled a brunett
'Lil Dutch Boy!'
(Leona also had a hint of
'a mustache',
which made her seem
'mysterious'...)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She was a 'maiden lady'.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona lived in a white frame house
on Main Street, (facing the North)
just a block or two from her final
resting place at the Purdy Cemetery.
During the summer of 1962,
Ms Leona Cox hired a neighborman
to paint her house. It was so
devoid of paint (A very costly
undertaking for a single female
with limited funds), it looked
like it was pale gray even though
it was supposed to be white!
The old wooden boards of the house
sucked up the paint like the walls
were made of sponge.
The paint job proved to be a far
more costly endeavor than Miss Cox
could afford. To cover her debt,
Leona gave the neighborman a
treasured dish in payment.
She explained that this 'compote'
had been held in the lap of one
of her female family ancestors,
as they traveled via horse-drawn
wagon from somewhere back
East to Missouri.
Upon arriving home with the
odd payment, the dish became
a prized possession in the
neighborman's household.
It was a pale green, milk-glass
compote. The design featured a
stem-support shaped like a man
holding upward a cornicopia with
the bowl-area above.
The antique item - proudly sitting
in the middle of a big display area
- became known by generations of
the painter's family as:
'The Leona Cox Compote!'
All who ever saw it,
admired its beauty
-- and heard the story
of how it came to
in in the family's possession
and how it had traveled to
Missouri as a special treasure
of the neighboring Cox clan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leona Cox was a Christian.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** GOD'S GARDEN **
"God looked around His garden
and found an empty place.
He then looked down upon the
earth and saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you
and lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
He always takes the best.
He knew you were suffering,
He knew you were in pain,
He knew that you would never
get well on earth again
He saw the road was getting
rough and the hills were hard
to climb, He closed your weary
eyelids and whispered
"Peace Be Thine."
It broke our hearts to lose you
but you didn't go alone
Part of us went with you
the day God called you home."
Author -- Unknown
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This biography is
humbly presented by
Audrey Burtrum-Stanley / Arkansas
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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