Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1920-02-12
FRANK COX

Frank Cox, son of Henry and Nancy
(French) Cox, was born at Livingston,
Tenn, Dec. 9, 1855; died at his home
IN East Side Apartments, Nashville,
Tenn, at 3 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, aged "a years, one month
and &c days. Mr.. Cox moved with his
fathers family when quite young and
settled in Dixon Springs where he
grew up, spending his time alternately
attending the local schools and work
ing on the farm. He went to Nash
vile and became a commercial trav-
eller in the days when this treritofy
was worked on horseback. He soon
took place amongst the foremost
business men, going from Nashville
to Louisville and from there to st.
Louis, where he was equally success
full. He later spent some time in Okla
homa in the real estate business.
When the three years drouth came on,
he went to California and f4om there
to Alabama where he settled on a
farm. During the world war, he came
to Nashville to re-enter the CONNER
cial business and was travelling for
a New York firm when his health
failed.
Mr.. Cox was twice nlarried-first
in 1881 to Miss Maddie Coleman of
Nashville; together they plucked the
roses of pleasure from life's garden
for seventeen years. She rests in the
Mt. Olivet cemetery. His second wife
was Miss Ethel Perriman of Bolivar,
Mo. Mr.. Cox was a member of a fam
lily of seven children; his only sister,
Sallie, and brothers, Hershall M. and
William Henry, preceded him to the
grave. Hugh, a twin brother, and John
of st. Louis, and James, Circuit clerk
of Smith County, survive, and were
present at the funeral conducted at
the residence by DR.. T. G. Ragsdale,
pastor of the Tulip Street church.
The pail bearers were: Clair A. Mer-
ryman, and three of his nephews,
namely, William n. Jr., Sam and Hen
schel Cox. Floral tributes, kilograms
and messages of sympathy were re-
ceived by the family.
Mr.. Cox had been a strong man un-
til recently. He sustained an injury
in an automobile wreck while travel
ing with his cousins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fl. B. Cox. That, together with the
loss of a beloved daughter, made him
an easy prey to liver and stomach
trouble which caused his demise.
Mr.. Cox took an active part IN all
public matters. He was democrat in
state and national politics; Dut 1nde-
pendent in municipal affairs. He had
strong convictions and the courage to
assert himself. No threat or attempt
ed injury could turn him from the adj
vOcacy of principles he believed to be
right. He was a pioneer for prohibi-
ton, and practiced it. The weak were
objects of his sohcitude. He was never
neutral; never negative; always quick
to defend any matter where the in
terests of his family or friends were
involved. He loved the south and its
history The regret of his life was
that he was too old to serve his coun-
try in France and that his son was
too young. Besides his wife, he is
survived by his son, Frank, Jr., and
daughter, Ruth. His mother died
while he was very young. He and his
brothers missed the joy, inspiration
and ennobling influence of a mothers
association; but the fidelity and de-
votion of father and brothers to each
other were beautiful and represented
in part an ideal too seldom seen. A
sorrow to one member of the family
meant grief to them all. Several years
ago he yielded obedience to the gospel
and was buried with his Master in
baptism at the hands of the venerable
DR.. r. Lin Cave, then pastor of the
Vine Street church at Nashville. Mr..
Cox in life was a stranger to fear and,
in conversation with relatives and
friends, left the comforting assurance
that he was both ready and unafraid
to stand before his Creator in the
Judgment