Mary Cox Buhanan, 79, passed away Monday, March 20, 1995 at her home in Cedar City, Utah.
She was born May 10, 1915 in Hamilton Fort, Utah to Edwin Reid and Mary Hamilton Cox. She was preceded in death by her sister, Inez Cox.Received a teaching degree from BAC. She was very active in the LDS Church and served in many callings, including 19 years as the Stake Young Women's Secretary. She also served in the Relief Society, Primary, Library, Genealogy committees, and as an ordinance worker in the St. George LDS Temple for 11 years. She spent a lifetime in service to God and her family.
Mary raised five children and devoted herself to caring for them and her grandchildren. Her hobbies of art, music, dancing, sewing and quilting and reading greatly enriched their lives.
She is survived by her husband, Morris, of Cedar City, Utah; two sons, Dale C. and Cheryl Buhanan, of Phoenix, Arizona; and Paul M. Buhanan, of Cedar City; three daughters, Phyllis and David O. Topham, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Nancy and Daniel Bauer, of Sandy, Utah; and Bonnie and Brian Terry, of Salt Lake City; 17 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, brothers, R. Reid Cox, of American Fork, Utah; and Edwin Charles (Ted) Cox, of Orem, Utah.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 25, 1995 at 11 a.m. at the Cedar City LDS North Stake Center, 61 North 900 West. Friends may call Friday evening from 6-8 p.m. and Saturday morning from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Southern Utah Mortuary. Interment, Cedar City Cemetery.
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