Emmett Ripley Cox
 Emmett Ripley Cox (born February 13 1935) is a United States federal judge.Born in Cottonwood Alabama Cox received an A.B. from the University of Alabama in 1957 and an LL.B. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1959. He was in the U.S. Air National Guard from 1958 to 1964 and was in private practice in Birmingham Alabama from 1959 to 1964 and in Mobile Alabama from 1964 to 1981.