1910 ~ 2003
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- John Allen Cox, 92, died on Friday, May 30, 2003 at his home, incident to age.
He was born on July 10, 1910 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Walter Cox and Eliza Ann Mawby Cox.
He married Mildred Sarah Griffith, November 24, 1933 in Farmington, Utah. The marriage was sealed November 5, 1943 in the Salt Lake Temple. She died July 27, 1998 in South Ogden, Utah.
Jack lived his entire life in Utah; Bountiful, Sugar House, and South Ogden. Jack was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, and friend, beloved by many. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was active in the South Ogden Kiwanis being a charter member and serving for several years as president. He worked for and retired from the Wheelwright Lumber Co. and Kier Corporation. He being the first employee for Kier Corp. He enjoyed his family and loved to go camping, fishing, and hunting with them, and they became family outings. He and his wife enjoyed traveling in their motor home with friends and family to see sights in the United States, Canada, Alaska and Mexico.
He is survived by his children, John A. (Barbara) Cox Jr., Huntsville, Utah; Merlyn (Joe) Sowers, South Ogden, Utah; Robert A. (Carol) Cox, Honeyville, Utah; Janett (Ken) McCollum, Ogden, Utah; Raymond G. (Lorna) Cox, Seattle, Washington; Thomas E. (Lynda) Cox, Ogden, Utah; Claudia K. (Greg), Panguich, Utah; and Lyle R. (Debra) Cox, Santa Clara, Utah; and one sister, Janis Siems, Bountiful, Utah. At his death he had 51 grandchildren, 101 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one grandson, Shaun Cox, brothers, Walter Leicester Cox, Sacramento, California, and Adrian Ellis Cox, Layton, Utah; and sisters, Gloria Mitchell, Boise, Idaho; and Susie Miller, Bountiful, Utah.
Funeral services will be held Friday, June 6, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 49th ward, 4210 South 300 West, Riverdale, Utah. Friends may call Thursday, June 5, 2003 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., at Leavitt's Mortuary, 836 36th Street, Ogden, Utah, and on June 6, 2003 from 9:30 until 10:15 a.m. at the ward.
Interment at Leavitt's Aultorest Memorial Park.
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