Cox, Nila Jane

1933 - 1996  (62 years)

• Name	Cox, Nila Jane
  Birth	26 Oct 1933  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	COX.N002
  Death	29 Feb 1996  [1, 2]
  Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Person ID	I23017	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Wilson, Richard D. 'Dick',   b. 28 Nov 1928, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 9 Mar 2005, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1954	Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Age at Marriage	She was 21 years and 1 month - He was 26 years.
  Children	1. Wilson, A.K.   2. Wilson, K.A.
  Family ID	F7650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 7 Nov 1954 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He had worked in the oil fields, served with the U. S. Navy on the USS Pivot as a sweeper and the USS Helena during World War II in the Pacific. In the early 1950's he worked at E. J. Transport in E. St. Louis and lived in Washington Park. He then drove over-the-road for Cerro Cooper in Sauget, retiring in 1985. He loved college basketball, especially the Fighting Illini, country music, reading, and traveling to Owensboro and Paducah, Ky, to watch country-western shows.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4158] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Wilson, Richard D. and Nila J., (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=2561&GScid=105163&GRid=18318809&) (Reliability: 2). [S1780] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Wilson, Richard D. "Dick", 76, (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18083526), none. (Reliability: 2).