Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1911-06-02
Mrs. Minnie Cox Graham

Judge >. Z. Graham, of Tazewell,
Va, died at her home in Tazewell.
April 21, 1911.
In the death of Mrs. Graham the
Church loses devoted. active, earnest
daughter and the State is deprived of
woman representing the best type
of high-bred, high-spirited, pure and
useful Virginia womanhood. Her am
billions were to be useful, to be true.
to live faithful to the traditions of
her people. The splendid old motto;
81 serve" was hers through life :;
in her own family, as wife and
mother and queen of her household,
and as potent force in such activi-
ties for the public welfare as became
her station and her modesty. To her
husband she was a loyal and dutiful
wife. and affectionate. happy-hearted
comrade. To her family she was
guarding. tender, watchful guide. To
all about her, in her winter home in
Florida, in her summer home in Taze-
well, she was friend and hepler. The
humblest knew her ready bounty and
quick sympathy and practical aid in
their troubles and distress. The high
est recognized in her not only an
equal but leader in all that tended
to enliven and beautify social life, in
every undertaking for the general
good; and an unfailing comforter
and source of strength in time of sor-
row and disaster.
She was born in Chesterfield coun-
ty, Va, September %, 1862. Her
father was Capt. Henry w. Cox, of
the Confederate Army, and her
mother, Martha H. Woodbridge. She
was of pure Chesterfield county
stock, all her people except her pa
ternal great grandfather having been
natives and residents of that county
since its first settlement in tie early
Colonial days. Her fathers parents
were Judge James Fl. Cox, one of the
most distinguished jurists of the
State, and Martha Reid Law; her
grandmother's father being William
Parran Law, born in England. Her
mothers parents were Daniel Spen-
Ger Woodbridge and Minerva Archer
Cox. She was descended from Ben
jamin Watkins and nearly related to
Archibald Cary. both representatives
from Chesterfield in the Virginia
G invention of 1776.
Mrs. Graham, after the death of
her mother in 1871, lived with her
grandfa Their, Mr.. Woodbridge, and her
aunt, Mrs. I M. Logan. wife of
General I M. Logan, then of Rich
mond, and in 1873 went to the Edge
Hill School. near Charlottesville, con-
Quoted by the Misses Randolph,
where, because of trouble with her
eyes, it was necessary for her to
have her lessons read to her; but not
withstanding this disadvantage her
retentive memory and active and
strong mind enabled her to be first in
her classes. In 1887 she spent sew
eral months in Europe and in 1889
80 she lived there, completing by
travel, observation and contact with
ripened culture of the old countries
the broad, comprehensive education
for which such excellent foundation
had been laid. She acquired accurate
knowledge of French and German and
ready access to the literature and
learning of those languages which
she utilized with thoroughness and
discrimination.
June 81, 1898. she was married at
the summer home of General Logan,
in Buckingham county, to Judge S. c..
Graham, of Tazewell. She had be-
come communican. of the Episcopal
Church in 1881.
Always she had been busy and
happy girl and woman. With her new
surroundings and opportunities her
life broadened and became brighter
than ever. Born of long lines of peo-
pie representing the highest there
was of intellect and culture and social
graces, and with her own exceptional
advantages and requirements, she
was equipped fully to be an influence
and useful in many directions. She
was one of those who could move
through life happily and cheerfully,
with instructive tact avoiding its en-
tanglements and unnecessary annoy
ances, while ready to face issues
when they arose with the dauntless
courage and the fidelity to her ideals
and her codes that she inherited.
Her religion was of the kind that
makes itself felt continually and does
not need to be proclaimed. She hated
cant and loved real Righteousness anc
truth and purity, and in her life il.
Illustrated them. She could and die
come in contact with men and womer
of many different kinds and take en-
ergetic and pleasant part in all the
affairs of life and the world, dissent
mating the sunshine from her OWL
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