Jane married William Joseph (Joe) Cox in 1945 after a 5 year courtship. They later moved to Falls Church, Virginia.
Dora Jane Phillips was a daughter of John Franklin Phillips and Maggie May Young, born at Newby, Creek Co., Oklahoma July 31, 1926.
She married William Joseph Cox June 14, 1945 in Pampa, Gray Co, Texas. They had one daughter, Janie, born in Hawaii
Joe was an air force officer and they lived in Hawaii until 1950, Canoga Park, Calif., Sharon Hill, PA, Japan, Burma and Oklahoma City. They settled in Falls Church, Virginia in 1967.
Services are scheduled for 3:00 PM, Wednesday, 19 January 2011, in the Fort Meyer chapel, adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery, where burial will follow after the chapel service.
Jane was a founding director of Brandywine Crucible, (The Cox family Organization).
Obituary:
Jane Cox, 84, died November 26, 2010, surrounded by her family at her home in Falls Church, Virginia, after a year-long battle with cancer. Service will be Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at 3:00 pm, in the Old Post Chapel, Ft. Meyer, Arlington, Virginia, interment Arlington National Cemetery.
Married sixty-five years to William Joe Cox, Lt. USN and Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), Jane was a Navy wife during the Korean War and Air Force wife during the Viet Nam War.
Jane Cox gave freely of her time to others. She volunteered 25 years as a guide and educator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., beginning in 1976 when the Museum opened. Jane organized the first Neighborhood Watch in the Sleepy Hollow section of Falls Church, Virginia; for 15 years she served as community liaison for crime prevention to Fairfax County law enforcement. Jane was born Dora Jane Phillips in 1926, near Bristow, Oklahoma. She graduated from Pampa High School in Pampa, Texas in 1943, and attended Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas from 1943 to 1945. Survivors include her husband William Joe Cox of Falls Church, Virginia, her daughter Janie Suzanne Cox and three granddaughters Lara, Sophia and Anais Iglesias Cox, all of McLean Virginia. This obituary was published in the Amarillo TX Globe News on 12/19/2010.
Washington Post obituary:
JANE COX
On Friday, November 26, 2010 of Falls Church, VA; beloved wife of William Joe Cox, Lt. Col USAF (Ret.); loving mother of Janie Suzanne Cox; devoted grandmother of Lara, Sophia and Anais. Funeral Service will be held at the Fort Myer Chapel, Arlington, VA on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 3 p.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association . Arrangements by MURPHY FALLS CHURCH FUNERAL HOME.
Dora Jane Phillips was a daughter of John Franklin Phillips and Maggie May Young, born at Newby, Creek Co., Oklahoma July 31, 1926.
She married William Joseph Cox June 14, 1945 in Pampa, Gray Co, Texas. They had one daughter, Janie, born in Hawaii
Joe was an air force officer and they lived in Hawaii until 1950, Canoga Park, Calif., Sharon Hill, PA, Japan, Burma and Oklahoma City. They settled in Falls Church, Virginia in 1967.
Services are scheduled for 3:00 PM, Wednesday, 19 January 2011, in the Fort Meyer chapel, adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery, where burial will follow after the chapel service.
Jane was a founding director of Brandywine Crucible, (The Cox family Organization).
Obituary:
Jane Cox, 84, died November 26, 2010, surrounded by her family at her home in Falls Church, Virginia, after a year-long battle with cancer. Service will be Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at 3:00 pm, in the Old Post Chapel, Ft. Meyer, Arlington, Virginia, interment Arlington National Cemetery.
Married sixty-five years to William Joe Cox, Lt. USN and Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), Jane was a Navy wife during the Korean War and Air Force wife during the Viet Nam War.
Jane Cox gave freely of her time to others. She volunteered 25 years as a guide and educator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., beginning in 1976 when the Museum opened. Jane organized the first Neighborhood Watch in the Sleepy Hollow section of Falls Church, Virginia; for 15 years she served as community liaison for crime prevention to Fairfax County law enforcement. Jane was born Dora Jane Phillips in 1926, near Bristow, Oklahoma. She graduated from Pampa High School in Pampa, Texas in 1943, and attended Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas from 1943 to 1945. Survivors include her husband William Joe Cox of Falls Church, Virginia, her daughter Janie Suzanne Cox and three granddaughters Lara, Sophia and Anais Iglesias Cox, all of McLean Virginia. This obituary was published in the Amarillo TX Globe News on 12/19/2010.
Washington Post obituary:
JANE COX
On Friday, November 26, 2010 of Falls Church, VA; beloved wife of William Joe Cox, Lt. Col USAF (Ret.); loving mother of Janie Suzanne Cox; devoted grandmother of Lara, Sophia and Anais. Funeral Service will be held at the Fort Myer Chapel, Arlington, VA on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 3 p.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association . Arrangements by MURPHY FALLS CHURCH FUNERAL HOME.
Jane married William Joseph (Joe) Cox in 1945 after a 5 year courtship. They later moved to Falls Church, Virginia.
Dora Jane Phillips was a daughter of John Franklin Phillips and Maggie May Young, born at Newby, Creek Co., Oklahoma July 31, 1926.
She married William Joseph Cox June 14, 1945 in Pampa, Gray Co, Texas. They had one daughter, Janie, born in Hawaii
Joe was an air force officer and they lived in Hawaii until 1950, Canoga Park, Calif., Sharon Hill, PA, Japan, Burma and Oklahoma City. They settled in Falls Church, Virginia in 1967.
Services are scheduled for 3:00 PM, Wednesday, 19 January 2011, in the Fort Meyer chapel, adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery, where burial will follow after the chapel service.
Jane was a founding director of Brandywine Crucible, (The Cox family Organization).
Obituary:
Jane Cox, 84, died November 26, 2010, surrounded by her family at her home in Falls Church, Virginia, after a year-long battle with cancer. Service will be Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at 3:00 pm, in the Old Post Chapel, Ft. Meyer, Arlington, Virginia, interment Arlington National Cemetery.
Married sixty-five years to William Joe Cox, Lt. USN and Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), Jane was a Navy wife during the Korean War and Air Force wife during the Viet Nam War.
Jane Cox gave freely of her time to others. She volunteered 25 years as a guide and educator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., beginning in 1976 when the Museum opened. Jane organized the first Neighborhood Watch in the Sleepy Hollow section of Falls Church, Virginia; for 15 years she served as community liaison for crime prevention to Fairfax County law enforcement. Jane was born Dora Jane Phillips in 1926, near Bristow, Oklahoma. She graduated from Pampa High School in Pampa, Texas in 1943, and attended Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas from 1943 to 1945. Survivors include her husband William Joe Cox of Falls Church, Virginia, her daughter Janie Suzanne Cox and three granddaughters Lara, Sophia and Anais Iglesias Cox, all of McLean Virginia. This obituary was published in the Amarillo TX Globe News on 12/19/2010.
Washington Post obituary:
JANE COX
On Friday, November 26, 2010 of Falls Church, VA; beloved wife of William Joe Cox, Lt. Col USAF (Ret.); loving mother of Janie Suzanne Cox; devoted grandmother of Lara, Sophia and Anais. Funeral Service will be held at the Fort Myer Chapel, Arlington, VA on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 3 p.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association . Arrangements by MURPHY FALLS CHURCH FUNERAL HOME.
Dora Jane Phillips was a daughter of John Franklin Phillips and Maggie May Young, born at Newby, Creek Co., Oklahoma July 31, 1926.
She married William Joseph Cox June 14, 1945 in Pampa, Gray Co, Texas. They had one daughter, Janie, born in Hawaii
Joe was an air force officer and they lived in Hawaii until 1950, Canoga Park, Calif., Sharon Hill, PA, Japan, Burma and Oklahoma City. They settled in Falls Church, Virginia in 1967.
Services are scheduled for 3:00 PM, Wednesday, 19 January 2011, in the Fort Meyer chapel, adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery, where burial will follow after the chapel service.
Jane was a founding director of Brandywine Crucible, (The Cox family Organization).
Obituary:
Jane Cox, 84, died November 26, 2010, surrounded by her family at her home in Falls Church, Virginia, after a year-long battle with cancer. Service will be Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at 3:00 pm, in the Old Post Chapel, Ft. Meyer, Arlington, Virginia, interment Arlington National Cemetery.
Married sixty-five years to William Joe Cox, Lt. USN and Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), Jane was a Navy wife during the Korean War and Air Force wife during the Viet Nam War.
Jane Cox gave freely of her time to others. She volunteered 25 years as a guide and educator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., beginning in 1976 when the Museum opened. Jane organized the first Neighborhood Watch in the Sleepy Hollow section of Falls Church, Virginia; for 15 years she served as community liaison for crime prevention to Fairfax County law enforcement. Jane was born Dora Jane Phillips in 1926, near Bristow, Oklahoma. She graduated from Pampa High School in Pampa, Texas in 1943, and attended Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas from 1943 to 1945. Survivors include her husband William Joe Cox of Falls Church, Virginia, her daughter Janie Suzanne Cox and three granddaughters Lara, Sophia and Anais Iglesias Cox, all of McLean Virginia. This obituary was published in the Amarillo TX Globe News on 12/19/2010.
Washington Post obituary:
JANE COX
On Friday, November 26, 2010 of Falls Church, VA; beloved wife of William Joe Cox, Lt. Col USAF (Ret.); loving mother of Janie Suzanne Cox; devoted grandmother of Lara, Sophia and Anais. Funeral Service will be held at the Fort Myer Chapel, Arlington, VA on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 3 p.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association . Arrangements by MURPHY FALLS CHURCH FUNERAL HOME.
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