James Cox

James Edward Cox was born March 5, 1936 in Graham, Young County, Texas to Carlton Edward and Myrtle Sensibaugh Cox. James gained his wings on September 6, 2024.

He lived in Graham until he was three months old, then the family moved to Bellevue, Texas where his father had taken over the publication of The Bellevue News upon the death of his twin brother.

He served in the United States Army from September 19, 1955 until September 20, 1957 as a Fire Control Crewman on the radar guidance system for a battery of four 90 mm anti-aircraft guns and was honorably discharged from the US Army on August 31, 1961. As a teenager he ran projection machines for theatres in Henrietta, Graham, Ryan, Oklahoma and later in life in McGregor, Texas. He was a graduate of the United States Armed Forces Institute.

He married Jo Ann Johnson Evans on May 10, 1963 in Temple, Bell County, Texas. He worked at The McGregor Mirror in McGregor, Texas from 1961 until retiring in December of 2003. He was a Baptist.

James was preceded in death by his parents, Ed and Myrtle Sensibaugh Cox of Henrietta, Texas; father-in-law and mother-in-law, James Virgil Johnson and Edith E. Orr Johnson; son-in-law, Ralph Fales; grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents, John Monroe and Blanch Elizabeth Lemons Cox, John and Catharine Rohan Cox, Thomas and Mary Ann Rhea Lemons, John Calvin and Mary Penina Drake Sensibaugh, James Charles and Sidney Reden Ray Drake, and John and Mary Ray.

Survivors include one daughter, Gwen Cox; grandchildren, Amy Lawrence Morgan and her husband, Billy, and Kelly Lynn and her husband, Markus Smith; four great-grandchildren, Hailey Marie Morgan and her partner, Zach Bourgue, Joshua Ryan Morgan, Aiden James Morgan, and Lacee Smith; nieces, Medra Stewart and her husband, Buddy, Becky Hobday, and Michi Ingram and her husband, Donny; nephew, John Marshall; and sister-in-law, Mary Helen Overton and her husband, Fred.