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Cox, Nila Jane

Cox, Nila Jane

Female 1933 - 1996  (62 years)


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  • 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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I23017  Carl Wayne Gray Research
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2021 

    Family Wilson, Richard D. 'Dick',   b. 28 Nov 1928, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 2005, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 7 Nov 1954  Flora, Clay County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Wilson, A.K.
    >2. Wilson, K.A.
    Family ID F7650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Nov 1954 - Flora, Clay County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • 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 
    1. [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).

    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).