December 27, 2002

J.F. Cox Jr.

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jessie F. Cox Jr., 89, died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. He was born Jan. 30, 1913, in Sikeston, son of J.F. and Julia Tommey Cox Sr. He and Alberta Masters were married in 1931. She died May 31, 1982. Cox was president of Home Oil Co. ...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Jessie F. Cox Jr., 89, died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002, at Sikeston Convalescent Center.

He was born Jan. 30, 1913, in Sikeston, son of J.F. and Julia Tommey Cox Sr. He and Alberta Masters were married in 1931. She died May 31, 1982.

Cox was president of Home Oil Co. from 1933 until retiring in 1965. He was a founding partner in Homestead Distributing Co., and president of Mississippi County Oil and Gas Co. He was past president of Sikeston Jaycees, Sikeston Masonic Lodge 310, and Scottish Rite in St. Louis.

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Survivors include three sons, J.F. "Buddy" Cox III and James and Albert Cox, all of Sikeston; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at Ponder Funeral Home after noon today.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

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