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Arlee Claud Gowen (G1/6.2), son of Claud Franklin Gowen (G2/1.6)
and Ora Ethel Cox Gowen (C2/10.1), was born November 24, 1922 at Lamesa,
Texas. He attended McCarty community
school and Lamesa public schools, graduating from Lamesa High School in May
1939. For two years prior to graduation
he was employed by "Lamesa Reporter," weekly newspaper on which he
worked as a "printer's devil."
In September 1939 he enrolled in Texas Technological College at
Lubbock. During his undergraduate days
he was employed as a printer at Wood Printing Company and Texas Tech
Press. Later he was a sportswriter on
the "Lubbock Avalanche-Journal."
He was graduated in June 1943 with a BA degree in journalism.
On October 27, 1942 he volunteered into the U. S. Naval Reserve
as an aviation cadet and, prior to reporting for active duty, was employed on
the flightline by Breedlove Aerial Service, flight training contractor for U.S.
Army Air Corps. His naval training
began at University of Texas where his physical training officer was "the
meanest man that ever walked the face of the earth," Coach Paul
"Bear" Bryant, who was later one of the winningest coaches in college
football at Texas A&M University and University of Alabama. After additional training at Great Lakes
Naval Training Station and the University of Notre Dame he was commissioned an
ensign at South Bend, Indiana.
Additional duty assignments took him to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida;
Newport, Rhode Island and Newport News, Virginia.
He was assigned to the USS Randolph (CV-15) as its construction
was being completed. As a "plank owner" on the new aircraft carrier
he was aboard on its shake-down cruise to Trinidad. Following refitting and renovation the USS Randolph joined the
Fifth Fleet operating in the Pacific theatre, arriving on station there via the
Panama Canal, San Francisco and Hawaii.
The USS Randolph joined the fleet in the island anchorage of
Ulithi atoll and participated in the war against Japan until its conclusion,
taking part in the Battles of Bonin Islands, Iwo Jima, Io Shima, Okinawa and
air strikes on Tokyo, Kyushu, Minami Daita Jima and the Nansei Shoto,
operating with the Fifth Fleet, the Third Fleet, Task Force 58 and Task Force
38. After the signing of the peace
treaty with Japan in Tokyo Bay in August 1945 the ship returned to Baltimore,
Maryland October 27, 1945 for a Navy Day victory celebration. He was awarded four battle stars and six
campaign ribbons for service in the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and
Mediterranean theaters. He was cited
for "conspicuous gallantry" by Admiral Mark Mitscher in an attack by
enemy aircraft at Ulithi when his ship was hit and severely damaged by
Kamikazi aircraft.
Later the USS Randolph made shuttle trips to Naples, Italy to
deliver Italian war prisoners and to return to the United States groups of
U.S. Army nurses.
In December 1945 Lt.(jg) Arlee Claud Gowen (G1/6.2) received a
transfer to Naval Air Transport Service and was stationed successively in
Norfolk, Virginia; Patuxent River, Maryland; Olathe, Kansas and Amarillo,
Texas.
On February 16, 1946 he was married to May Belle
"Bonnie" Bonner (B1/7.2), daughter of Joseph Drew Bonner (B2/3.7) and
Alice Belle Hestand Bonner (H2/1.6) in Crane, Texas by Eddie E. Myers, minister
of the gospel, according to Ector County, Texas Marriage Book 5, page 246. May Belle "Bonnie" Bonner Gowen
(B1/7.2) had graduated from Texas Technological College in June 1945 and was a
teacher in Phillips, Texas High School at the time of their marriage. After a honeymoon in New Mexico the couple
lived at Pantex, Texas near Amarillo Army Air Base where he was stationed. He
was separated from naval service June 6, 1946 at Galveston, Texas, and they
moved immediately to Lubbock where they had met in college.
In 1946 Arlee Claud Gowen (G1/6.2) assisted in the organizing
and founding of "South- western Crop and Stock," a farm
magazine. He was named editor of the
publication which printed its first edition in January 1947. May Belle "Bonnie" Bonner Gowen
(B1/7.2) was a teacher at Hutchinson Junior High School in Lubbock at that
time. In 1955 he became a deacon and a
bible school teacher at Broadway Church of Christ.
In August 1956 he assisted in the organization of High Plains
Credit Corporation and was named executive vice-president of organization while
continuing in the publishing business.
In 1959 he established a wholesale electronic supply which became known
as Electros, Inc. In 1961 he purchased
a farm in Bailey County, Texas. In April 1965 the couple applied for a
distributorship with Amway Corporation and in November of that year became
direct distributors with that organization.
He had become interested in family history research in 1941 and
continued to pursue that interest for many years. In September 1986 he entered a manuscript, "The Widder
Dyches" in the Texas Sesquicentennial competition. It was adjudged first place winner and was
displayed in the Hall of State at the State Fair of Texas alongside the original
Texas Declaration of Independence. In
March 1987 he was named to the board of directors of the South Plains
Genealogical Society.
Having sold their publishing, finance and electronics interests
the couple in June 1987 lived in Lubbock where they continued to operate their
Amway distributorship from their home at 5708 Gary Avenue.
Children born to Arlee Claud Gowen (G1/6.2) and May Belle
"Bonnie" Gowen (B1/7.2) include:
Bonnie Lee
Gowen (G-1/2.1) born December 16, 1951
Connie Louise
Gowen (G-1/2.2) born July 3, 1954
Bonnie Lee Gowen (G-1/2.1), daughter of Arlee Claud Gowen
(G1/6.2) and May Belle "Bonnie" Gowen (B1/7.2), was born December
16, 1951 in Lubbock, according to Texas BVS File 207127. Her first home was at 3107 30th Street in
Lubbock, her second was at 3413 20th street, and in 1970 her family removed to
5708 Gary Avenue.
After attending Lubbock Christian School and Lubbock public
schools she was graduated from Lubbock High School in 1970. Following two years at Texas Tech University
she transferred to North Texas State University at Denton, Texas where she was
graduated with a BS degree in May 1975.
Following graduate work there in chemistry and computer science she was
married June 16, 1979 to David Michael Hill (H-1/1.1), son of David Hill
(H1/1.1) and Betty Hill of Plano, Texas.
David Michael Hill (H-1/1.1), a graduate of North Texas State
University and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of Viet Nam, was employed in the
university's computer complex where they met.
In June 1979 she was employed by Mostek Corporation, Carrollton, Texas,
as a computer engineer, and two years later she was employed by Phillips Coal
Division, Phillips Petroleum Company, Richardson, Texas as a systems
analyst.
In November 1984 they made their home at Lewisville, Texas where
he was employed as a satellite communications engineer with Bell of Canada in
nearby Richard- son, Texas. At that
time she was employed by Cray Research Corporation, a supercomputer manufacturer
as a systems analyst. In April 1985 she
was employed by Convex Corporation, a computer manufacturer in Richardson. In May 1985 they purchased a home at 2405
Golden Oaks, Garland, Texas.
Connie Louise Gowen (G-1/2.2), daughter of Arlee Claud Gowen
(G1/6.2) and May Belle "Bonnie" Bonner Gowen (B1/7.2), was born July
3, 1954 in Lubbock, Texas, according to BVS File No. 118566. She attended Lubbock Christian School and
Lubbock public schools and was graduated from Monterey High School in
1973. During her undergraduate days
she worked for the City of Lubbock in its Parks & Recreation Department,
for Globe Department Store and as a waitress for International House of
Pancakes, Ramada Inn and Big Texan Steak House. She was graduated from Texas Tech University with a BS degree in
1976 and from University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Texas in June 1979
with an M.D. degree.
In July 1979 she began a surgery residency at Queens Medical
Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. In July
1981 she began a period of residency at Veterans Administration Hospital,
Johnson City, Tennessee.
She was married there June 25, 1983 to Darryl William Hiers
(H-1/1.1), son of Dr. Donald Grover Hiers (H1/1.1) and Gypsy Lee Whitten Hiers
(W1/1.1). In July 1983 she began the
practice of plastic surgery in Chattanooga, Tennessee at Erlanger Hospital in
association with the University of Tennessee.
He was graduated there from the University of Tennessee with a B.S.
degree May 6, 1985.
In July 1985 she established a plastic surgery practice at
Jonesboro, Arkansas, and they purchased a home there at 601 Arrowhead Drive,
within 100 yards of the original homestead of James Gowen (G5/1.4) who settled
there before 1870!
In January 1987 she was nominated to "Who's Who of American
Women."
Willie Elmer Cox (C2/10.2), son of James Madison Cox (C3/4.10)
and Amanda Lucinda "Cindy" McCall Cox (M3/1.1), was born September
30, 1896 at Leander, Texas. He apeared
as a three-year-old in the 1900 census of Williamson County, living in his father's
household. His family removed to
Albany, Texas in 1906 and to Young County in 1908, to Round Timbers, Texas in
1909 and to Altus, Oklahoma in 1911.
His father moved the family to Weed, New Mexico in 1915. He registered his cattle brand
"JC" with the State of New Mexico May 23, 1917.
When his father was killed by gunshot there the following year
at a sawmill the 20-year-old Willie Elmer Cox (C2/10.2) rode onto the scene
with his pistol ready to avenge his father's death. He raced his pony around and around the sawmill trying to get a
shot at his father's adversary without providing a stationary target himself.
Calmer heads finally prevailed upon him to leave justice to the law.
Willie Elmer Cox (C2/10.2) and his mother returned to Texas in
1920, locating on a farm in Stonewall County, and was married at Swenson, Texas
January 16, 1921 to Effie Elmo Ramsey (R2/1.1) who was born March 25, 1903 in
Stonewall County. In 1924 he began
farming in the Klondike community of Dawson County and in 1930 bought the
community grocery store there. He died
of peritonitis following an appendectomy February 16, 1936, at age 39, and was
buried in Lamesa Cemetery.
In 1939 Effie Elmo Ramsey Cox (R2/1.1) and her son lived in
Seagraves, Texas. Later she returned to
Lamesa. She died April 18, 1956 and was
buried beside her husband.
One son was born to Willie Elmer Cox (C2/10.2) and Effie Elmo
Ramsey Cox (R2/1.1).
Dorman Elmer
Cox (C1/2.1) born June 11, 1924
Dorman Elmer Cox (C1/2.1), son of Willie Elmer Cox (C2/10.2) and
Effie Elmo Ramsey Cox (R2/1.1), was born June 11, 1924 in Dawson County. He was inducted November 13, 1942 at Ft.
Sill, Oklahoma in the U.S. Army Corps and received his basic training at Shepherd
Field, Wichita Falls, Texas. He was
married January 24, 1943 in Waresboro, Georgia to Meddie Rilla Chauncey
(C1/1.1), who was born in Waycross, Georgia January 24, 1923. She was one of 13 children of William
Sylvester Chauncey (C2/1.1) and Emma Riberton Chauncey (R2/1.1). Shortly afterward he was stationed in India
and served in the C.B.I. theatre during World War II. He was discharged from the Air Corps November 2, 1945 at Ft.
McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia.
Following a short residency in Georgia he returned to Lamesa
where he was employed in carpentry.
After a brief period the family returned to Waycross, Georgia where they
were living October 25, 1946. After a
short employment on a chicken farm in Callahan, Florida he brought his family
back to Lamesa where he was employed as a carpenter. In 1955 they lived briefly in Odessa, Texas and then moved to
Lubbock, Texas where he was employed as a Dr. Pepper route salesman.
Later he was employed in the printing department of
"Southwestern Crop & Stock."
Afterwards he was employed as a "glassblower" and lathe
operator in the cathode ray tube plant of Electros, Inc.
Rilla Chauncey Cox (C1/1.1) contracted cancer about 1956, and
the family removed to Jacksonville, Florida in 1959 so she could be near her
family. She died there March 16, 1960
and was buried in the Chauncey family cemetery in Telmore, Georgia. The family returned to Lubbock and resumed
his association with Electros, Inc.
Dorman Elmer Cox (C1/2.1) was remarried September 7, 1962 to
Ollie Maurice Green Ramsey (G1/1.1).
Shortly afterward she was graduated from Lubbock School of Vocational
Nurses. In 1966 the removed to Ft.
Worth, Texas where he was employed as a printer for Manney Co. She was a nurse at John Peter Smith
Hospital. Later she was director of
nurses at Fireside Nursing Home.
Ollie Maurice Green Ramsey Cox (G1/1.1) died October 30, 1975 of
a heart condition. He was remarried January 8, 1976 to "her best
friend," Mildred Louise Nickens Becker (N1/1.1), a nurse who was employed
with her and a mother of four. She was
born November 30, 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri.
In September 1983 he continued to live in Ft. Worth where he was
employed as a super- intendent for a construction company. Later he was a partner in C&R Construction
Co. He was incapacitated for a time in a construction accident in December 1984
in which his right leg was fractured in six places.
Children born to Dorman Elmer Cox (C1/2.1) and Meddie Rilla
Chauncey Cox (C1/1.1) include:
Kenneth Dorman
Cox (C-1/1.1) born September 3, 1944
Linda Dardanella Cox (C-1/1.2) born October 25, 1946
Gary Allen
Cox (C-1/1.3) born February 9, 1951
Stephen Elmer
Cox (C-1/1.4) born January 28, 1956
No children were born to Dorman Elmer Cox (C1/2.1) and Ollie
Maurice Green Ramsey Cox (G1/1.1), but they adopted a daughter and assumed
foster parenthood of another:
Doyla Letta
Cox (C-1/1.5) born October 21, 1967
Theresa Ann
Lairmore (L-1/1.1) born December 1, 1969
Kenneth Dorman Cox (C-1/1.1), son of Dorman Elmer Cox (C1/2.1)
and Meddie Rilla Chauncey Cox (C1/1.1), was born September 3, 1944 in
Waycross. He attended school in Lamesa,
Odessa and Lubbock and was graduated there in 1963 from Monterey High School. Following graduation he was employed by
Hemphill-Wells Company and Electros, Inc.
In August 1963 he enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps and received a medical
discharge from the corps in December 1963.
Later he was a student at University of Florida.
He was married August 15, 1970 to Mary Virginia Allencia
(A-1/1.1). They were divorced in 1972
in Houston. He was remarried November
20, 1972 to Chloe Lou Schumacher (S-1/1.1) in Ft. Worth. They were divorced shortly afterward. He was remarried April 28, 1984 to Peggy
Ann Threat, a mother of three. In 1985
he, a construction supervisor, lived in Ft. Worth.
Children born to Kenneth Dorman Cox (C-1/1.1) and Mary Virginia
Allencia Cox (A-1/1.1) include:
Rilla Theresa
Cox (C-2/1.1) born
March 22, 1972
No children were born to Kenneth Dorman Cox (C-1/1.1), Chloe Lou
Schumacher (S-1/1.1) and Peggy Ann Threat Cox.
Linda Dardanella Cox (C-1/1.2), daughter of Dorman Elmer Cox
(C1/2.1) and Meddie Rilla Chauncey Cox (C1/1.1), was born October 25, 1946 in
Waycross. She was graduated from
Monterey High School in 1965. Following
graduation she was enrolled in Lubbock School of Vocational Nurses where she
was elected president of her class and was graduated with honors. She took her state board examinations in May
1967 and was employed by John Peter Smith Hospital. In an 18-year tenure there she has risen to supervisory capacity.
She was married February 14, 1977 to Jeffery Lynn Becker
(B-1/1.4), son of her step- mother, Mildred Louise Nickens Becker Cox (N1/1.1)
and William Becker (B1/1.1). No
children had been born to them in February 1985.
Gary Allen Cox (C-1/1.3), son of Dorman Elmer Cox (C1/2.1) and
Meddie Rilla Chauncey Cox (C1/1.10), was born February 9, 1951 in Lamesa. He attended public school in Lubbock and
Ft. Worth and enrolled in the latter city in Tarrant County Junior College.
He was married September 20, 1971 in Ft. Worth to Donna Lee
"Jingles" Peters (P-1/- 1.1).
In 1972 they lived in Beckley, West Virginia. They were divorced in 1974 in Oklahoma. In 1978 he was remarried to Rita Darlene Gilpin (G-1/1.1),
daughter of William Franklin Gilpin (G1/1.1) and Lela Irene Lampp Gilpin
(L1/1.1) of Ft. Worth. In February 1985 he was supervisor of construction and
maintenance at John Peter Smith Hospital and lived at River Oaks, Texas.
Children born to Gary Allen Cox (C-1/1.3) and Donna Lee
"Jingles" Peters Cox (P-1/1.1) include:
Larry Allen
Cox (C-2/3.1) born March 22, 1972
Children born to Gary Allen Cox (C-1/1.3) and Rita Darlene
Gilpin Cox (G-1/1.1) in- clude:
Misty Amber
Cox (C-2/3.2) born January 21, 1980
Stephen William
Cox (C-2/3.3) born July 24, 1982
Stephen Elmer Cox (C-1/1.4), son of Dorman Elmer Cox (C1/2.1)
and Meddie Rilla Chauncey Cox (C1/1.1), was born January 28, 1956 in
Lubbock. He attended public school in
Lubbock and Ft. Worth. He enlisted in
the U.S. Navy April 17, 1975 and received his basic training in Orlando,
Florida. Later he attended a naval electronics
school in Chicago, Illinois. He was
discharged September 17, 1976.
He was married November 24, 1978 to Karen Dawn Stanfill
(S-1/1.1) in Ft. Worth. They were
divorced in 1980. He was married June
9, 1984 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Rhonda Karen Richard Chasteen (R-1/1.1),
daughter of Norman Richard (R1/1.1) and Sondra Sher Richard (S1/1.1).
In 1985 he, the owner of Creative Wood Crafts, continued to live
in Ft. Worth. No children were born to
Stephen Elmer Cox (C-1/1.4), Karen Dawn Stanfill Cox (S-1/1.1) and Rhonda Karen
Richard Chasteen Cox (R-1/1.1).
Doyla Letta Cox (C-1/1.5), adopted daughter of Dorman Elmer Cox
(C1/2.1) and Ollie Maurice Green Ramsey Cox (G1/1.1), was born October 21, 1967
in Ft. Worth. In 1985 she continued in
the home of her parents. She was
involved in an automobile accident June 16, 1985 and continued in a coma for
several weeks. She survived and was
living in a Ft. Worth nursing home in June 1987.
Theresa Ann Lairmore-Cox (L-1/1.1), foster daughter of Dorman
Elmer Cox (C1/2.1) and Ollie Maurice Green Ramsey Cox (G1/1.1), was born
December 1, 1969 in California. In 1970
she came into their home.
She died February 15, 1985 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound
to her temple. She had a history of
epileptic seizures and had recently been gripped by the debilitating malady. Her organs were donated to transplant
patients, and she was buried in Azleland Memorial Park.
Dan Malone, staff writer for "Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram," wrote an article around the suicide note which she left
for her family:
"The two-page note that Theresa Ann Lairmore-Cox left her
family on Valentine's Day was full of love.
But when her father reads it now, it brings tears to his eyes and a
tremor to his voice.
Theresa, a 15-year-old freshman at Boswell High School, wrote
her farewell Thursday morning, moments before squeezing the trigger of the
pistol she had placed to her head. She
died Friday at John Peter Smith Hospital.
Theresa's father, Dorman E. Cox, says he does not know why his
daughter killed herself. Her note did
not explain it, although she expressed concerns about her epilepsy and anxiety
about her health, he said.
"She had been having epileptic seizures, but hadn't been
bothered for some time. Here this last
week she had two. She had a real strong
one on Monday, which seemed to bother her a lot, then she had another one on
Tuesday," Cox said Saturday evening, "She was worried about going
back and having these seizures."
On Thursday morning Cox woke Theresa up for school, then drove
his wife Mildred to work. When he
returned about 30 minutes later, at about 8 a.m, he found Theresa's note, and a
moment later, her lifeless body in her bed.
He also found his .22-caliber revolver in her bed with one discharged
shell. What he didn't find was a wound
or blood.
She was taken to JPS, where doctors found a small wound in her
temple, Cox said. The teen-ager was
kept on life-support systems until Friday, Cox said. Cox said Theresa had never attempted to take her life before and
gave no indication that she was upset before her death.
On Wednesday night she talked to (her sister) Doyla Letta and
one of my sons, Gary. They were over
here talking, laughing, cutting up as usual,' he said. 'One of her girlfriends had been down for a
little bit, and they been out for a while.
I think they walked down to the store.'
On the back of Theresa's photograph, printed at right, she had
written message to her brother and sister-in-law, 'To Gary and Darlene Cox
& kids,' she wrote, 'Look now cause this will be the last time you'll see
me in a picture. Love ya, Theresa.'
Cox said he believed that his daughter's words reflected her
dissatisfaction with how the picture turned out, rather than a warning of her
troubled mind. He said she accepted
life on its own terms, 'She didn't expect much out of life--she was pretty
content with what she had and got.'
Cox is not Theresa's father, though he is the only father figure
she ever knew. Her father died of
cancer when she was an infant. After
her father's death
Theresa was left in her grandfather's care until arrangements
were made to place her in Cox's custody.
Cox, a relative of Theresa's through a previous marriage, became her
legal guardian.
Cox asked that the note that Theresa left not be published, but
he offers a general description. She
left word of her love for her family and a plea to understand what she did--if
not why, 'It was just her way of saying goodbye and God bless you.'
Theresa will be buried at Azleland Memorial Park on Monday--the
day that she was supposed to see her doctor about the latest round of
seizures."
James Alvia Cox (C2/10.3), son of James Madison Cox (C3/4.10)
and Amanda Lucinda "Cinda" McCall Cox (M3/1.1), was born August 12,
1898 in Williamson County. In 1901 his
family lived in Menard, Texas and in the same year moved to Nolan County,
Texas, returned to Williamson County in 1905, moved to Albany in 1906, farmed
in Young County, Texas in 1908, moved to Round Timbers, Texas in 1909 and to
Altus, Oklahoma in 1911. In 1915,
while living in Throckmorton County, Texas, his father was influenced to move
to Weed, New Mexico to homestead land there.
James Alvia Cox (C2/10.3) was married September 1, 1919 at
Cloudcroft, New Mexico to Mary Margaret "Maggie" Drennan (D1/2.2),
his third cousin, once-removed, who was born in January 1901. They were not aware of their relationship
until his sister, Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan (C2/10.4) began to
research the family history about 1958. Mary Margaret "Maggie"
Drennan (D1/2.2) was the daughter of Braxton "Brack" Drennan (D2/1.2)
and Mary Ann Britt Drennan (B2/1.1).
In 1920 James Alvia Cox (C2/10.3) and Mary Margaret
"Maggie" Drennan Cox (D1/2.2) lived in Breckenridge, Texas. In 1923 they lived in Ajo, California, and
in 1924 in Compton, California. He
wrote his mother at that time that he was earning $1 an hour as a concrete
finisher. In 1925 they returned to
Texas. He was operating a service station
in the Klondike community of Dawson County across the intersection from the grocery
later owned by his brother. He was shot
and killed there February 6, 1929 by W. E. Duke.
A newspaper story regarding the shooting appeared in the
February 7 edition of "The Lubbock Journal:"
"LAMESA, Feb. 7--J. A. Cox, filling station operator of the
Klondyke community, fifteen miles southwest of here, was shot and instantly
killed late last night. W. E. Duke,
pastor of the Midway Baptist Church, near Lamesa, surrendered to officers
shortly after the shooting.
Both Cox and Duke are from prominent Dawson County
families. In addition to his ministry,
the Rev. Duke is owner and operator of a store at Klondyke, where he and his
family live. The shooting occurred in
front of the Duke store. The Rev. Mr.
Duke has been pastor there for the past five years.
The Rev. Mr. Duke would make no statement this morning
concerning the tragedy following a conference with Judge J. E. Garland. County Attorney A. W. Gibson announced that
an examining trial would be held today.
No cause for the shooting could be advanced today by Sheriff Joe L. Ray
or Deputy A. M. Bennett of Dawson County.
Mr. Cox is survived by his widow, four children, one brother and
other relatives. The body is being
held in a local undertaking establishment awaiting arrival of relatives."
He was buried in Lamesa Cemetery. Mary Margaret "Maggie" Drennan Cox (D1/2.2) was
remarried about 1932 to Calvin Shipley (S2/1.1) and continued to live in
Lamesa where they operated a taxi service. Later they removed to Seminole,
Texas and continued to operate a taxi service.
She died there in 1982.
Children born to James Alvia Cox (C2/10.3) and Mary Margaret
"Maggie" Drennan Cox (D1/2.2) include:
James Carlton
"Pete" Cox
(C1/3.1) born July 18,
1920
Desmond Ray
Cox (C1/3.2) born September 1, 1921
Margaret DeMelba
Cox (C1/3.3) born July 31, 1923
James Alvia Cox,
Jr. (C1/3.4) born December 1, 1925
Children born to Calvin Shipley (S2/1.1) and Mary Margaret
"Maggie" Drennan Cox Shipley (D1/2.2) include:
Billie Kasteen
Shipley (S1/1.1) born June 2, 1933
Jerry Mack Shipley (S1/1.2) born October 10, 1934
Gary Paul
Shipley (S1/1.3) born October 12, 1941
James Carlton "Pete" Cox (C1/3.1), son of James Alvia
Cox (C2/10.3) and Mary Margaret "Maggie" Drennan Cox (D1/2.2), was
born July 18, 1920 at Breckenridge, Texas.
During World War II he served as a hospital corpsman stationed at Ft.
Bliss, Texas near El Paso. He was married
there about 1941 to Dorothy Faye Hitchcock (H1/1.1).
Following military service he became a doctor of chiropractic
and developed his practice in El Paso where he continued in July 1987.
Children born to James Carlton "Pete" Cox (C1/3.1) and
Dorothy Faye Hitchcock Cox (H1/1.1) include:
James Carlton
Cox, Jr. (C-1/1.1) born September 1, 1942
Phillip Curtis
Cox (C-1/1.2) born February 25, 1944
Desmond Ray Cox (C1/3.2), son of James Alvia Cox (C2/10.3) and
Mary Margaret "Maggie" Drennan Cox (D1/2.2), was born September 1,
1921. Following U.S. Army service
during World War II he was married to Agnes Kay Way Kidd (W1/1.1), a widow with
two daughters. They resided in Ft.
Worth where he was employed as a metalsmith.
No children were born to Desmond Ray Cox (C1/3.2) and Agnes Kay Way Kidd
Cox (W1/1.1).
Margaret DeMelba Cox (C1/3.3), daughter of James Alvia Cox
(C2/10.3) and Mary Margaret "Maggie" Drennan Cox (D1/2.2), was born
July 31, 1923 in Ajo, California. Her
family returned to Dawson County shortly afterwards. She was married about 1941 to Elton Lee Gossett (G1/1.1). In 1985 they removed to Brady, Texas where
he died soon after.
Children born Elton Lee Gossett (G1/1.1) and Margaret DeMelba
Cox Gossett (C1/3.3) include:
Margaret Lee
Gossett (G-1/1.1) born December 14, 1943
Ronnie Keith
Gossett (G-1/1.2) born December 17, 1946
Elton Lee
Gossett, Jr. (G-1/1.3) born February 26, 1953
Samuel David
Gossett (G-1/1.4) born June 22, 1956
Margaret Lee Gossett (G-1/1.1), daughter of Elton Lee Gossett
(G1/1.1) and Margaret DeMelba Cox Gossett (C1/3.3), was born December 14,
1943. She was married about 1960 to
Wayland McCulloch (M-1/1.1). In 1987
they continued to live in Seminole.
Children born to them include:
Greg
McCulloch (M-2/1.1) born in 1962
Shannon
McCulloch (M-2/1.2) born in 1965
Greg McCulloch (M-2/1.1), son of Wayland McCulloch (M-1/1.1) and
Margaret Lee Gossett
McCulloch (G-1/1.1), was born in Seminole in 1962. In 1985 he lived in Brownfield, Texas.
Shannon McCulloch (M-2/1.2), daughter of Wayland McCulloch
(M-1/1.1) and Margaret Lee Gossett McCulloch (G-1/1.1), was born in Seminole in
1965. In 1985 she was a student at
Texas Tech University.
James Alvia Cox, Jr. (C1/3.4), son of James Alvia Cox (C2/10.4)
and Mary Margaret "Maggie" Drennan Cox (D1/2.2), was born in Dawson
County December 1, 1925. He was married
about 1946 to Josephine Rachel "Bill" Carter (C1/1.1).
He became an oil products distributor in Bridgeport, Texas. In 1983 they lived in Decatur, Texas. Following a divorce he removed to Runaway
Bay, Texas.
Children born to James Alvia Cox, Jr. (C1/3.4) and Josephine
Rachel "Bill" Carter Cox (C1/1.1), include:
Alvia Cox (C-1/4.1) born about 1948
Patsy Jean
Cox (C-1/4.2) born about 1950
Cary Cox (C-1/4.3) born about 1953
Alvia Cox (C-1/4.1), son of James Alvia Cox, Jr. (C1/3.4) and
Josephine Rachel "Bill" Carter Cox (C1/1.1), was born about 1948.
Patsy Jean Cox (C-1/4.2), daughter of James Alvia Cox, Jr.
(C1/3.4) and Josephine Rachel "Bill" Carter Cox (C1/1.1), was born
about 1950. She was married about 1969,
husband's name Craig.
Cary Cox (C-1/4.3), son of James Alvia Cox, Jr. (C1/3.4) and
Josephine Rachel "Bill" Carter Cox (C1/1.1), was born about 1953.
Billie Kasteen Shipley (S1/1.1), daughter of Calvin Shipley
(S2/1.1) and Mary Margaret "Maggie" Drennan Cox Shipley (D1/2.2), was
born June 2, 1933 at Lamesa. She was
married about 1952 to Thomas Ray (R1/1.1).
Later she was remarried to Glenn Sullivan (S1/1.1). Her third marriage was to Olen Locker
(L1/1.1). In 1987 they lived at Brady.
Children born to Thomas Ray (R1/1.1) and Billie Kasteen Shipley
Ray (S1/1.1) include:
Mickey Ray (R-1/1.1) born about 1953
Bill Ray (R-1/1.2) born about 1955
Gary Don Ray (R-1/1.3) born about 1958
Jerry Mack Shipley (S1/1.2), son of Calvin Shipley (S2/1.1) and
Mary Margaret "Maggie" Drennan Cox Shipley (D1/2.1), was born October
10, 1934 in Lamesa. He was married
about 1955 to Anita Joyce Kaker (K1/1.1).
Children born to them include:
Mike Shipley (S-1/2.1) born about 1957
Debbie
Shipley (S-1/2.2) born about 1959
Brenda
Shipley (S-1/2.3) born about 1962
Gary Paul Shipley (S1/1.3), son of Calvin Shipley (S2/1.1) and
Mary Margaret "Maggie" Drennan Cox Shipley (C1/2.1), was born October
12, 1938 in Lamesa. He was married
about 1959 to Glenda Burnett (B1/1.1).
Children born to them include:
Shelly
Shipley (S-1/3.1) born about 1961
Sherry Shipley (S-1/3.2) born about 1964
Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox (C2/10.4), daughter of James
Madison Cox (C3/4.10) and Amanda Lucinda "Cindy" McCall Cox (M3/1.1),
was born December 24, 1900 in Williamson County. Her family removed to Nolan
County in 1901, back to Williamson County in 1905, to Albany in 1906, to Young
County in 1908, to Round Timbers in 1909, to Altus, Oklahoma in 1911, to
Throckmorton County in 1912 and to Weed, New Mexico in 1915. She was married there in Cloudcroft August
20, 1919 to Thomas Calvin Drennan (D1/2.1).
He was a brother to Mary Margaret "Maggie" Drennan (D1/2.2)
and a son of Thomas Braxton "Brack" Drennan (D2/1.2) and Mary Ann
Britt Drennan (B2/1.1), born August 19, 1899.
They were third cousins, once-removed, but were not aware of the
relationship until Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan (C2/10.4) began to
research the family history about 1958.
In 1920 Thomas Calvin Drennan (D1/2.1) moved his family to
Stonewall County, Texas where he operated a farm. In the fall of 1925 they moved to Dawson County where he
continued farming. In 1955 they moved
to Lubbock where he was employed by JOT, Inc, owned by his nephew Stanley
Olgee "Jot" Gowen (C1/6.1).
Later they lived in Denton, where his son-in-law Charles Edwin
"Doc" Davis (D-1/1.1) operated a Chevrolet dealership. Following this period they lived in Ft.
Worth and Winnsboro, Texas where they operated a stock farm with their son
Thelbert Roy "Jack" Drennan (D-1/1.1). In 1977 they retired and returned to Aspermont, Texas purchasing
a home from Ella Rash Parker (R-1/1.1) who was later to become their daughter-in-law. In May 1987 Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox
Drennan (C2/10.4) lived in Gibson Memorial Home there.
Children born to Thomas Calvin Drennan (D1/2.1) and Mary Alnora
"Nora" Cox Drennan (C2/10.4) include:
Thelbert Roy
"Jack" Drennan
(D-1/1.1) born June 20, 1920
Joyce Arlene
Drennan (D-1/1.2) born January 4, 1922
Ora Aladine
"Deanie" Drennan
(D-1/1.3) born December 13,
1923
Calvin Osborn
"Ozzie" Drennan (D-1/1.4)
born January 2, 1926
Thelbert Roy "Jack" Drennan (D-1/1.1), son of Thomas
Calvin Drennan (D1/2.1) and Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan (C2/10.4),
was born June 20, 1920 at Weed . He was
married December 24, 1943 at Lamesa to Bernadine Marie "Jean" Ten
Cate Taylor (T-1/1.1), daughter of Henry Ten Cate (T1/1.1) and Helena Jantina
Scaap Ten Cate (S1/1.1). She was a
widow with one child, Patricia Ann Taylor (T-2/1.1). They were divorced about 1946, and he moved to Ft. Worth to
affiliate with the fire department.
Bernadine Marie "Jean" Ten Cate Taylor Drennan (T-1/1.1) died
in Los Angeles in 1970.
He retired from the department in 1977 as a captain. He maintained his home on his farm at Winnsboro
with his parents until 1979 when he removed to Aspermont. He was remarried there July 17, 1979 to Mrs.
Ella Rash Parker (R-1/1.1).
Children born to Thelbert Roy "Jack" Drennan (D-1/1.1)
and Bernardine Marie "Jean" Ten Cate Taylor Drennan (T-1/1.1)
include:
Patricia Ann
Taylor Drennan (D-2/1.1) born September 7, 1941
Teri Rae
Drennan (D-2/1.2) born December 22, 1944
Patricia Ann Taylor Drennan (D-1/1.1), daughter of Jean Ten Cate
Taylor (T-1/1.1), was born September 7, 1941 in Los Angeles and was adopted by
Thelbert Roy "Jack" Drennan (D-1/1.1) after his marriage to her
mother. In 1983 she was employed on a
horse farm in Wisconsin.
Teri Rae Drennan (D-1/1.2), daughter of Thelbert Roy "Jack"
Drennan (D-1/1.1) and Jean Ten Cate Taylor Drennan (T-1/1.1), was born in
Lamesa December 22, 1944. She was married
about 1964 to Carl Buckley Mahaney (M-2/1.1).
In 1970 they lived at Denton where they owned a farm and a shoe
store. Later they were divorced. After
receiving a Ph.D in education she began teaching. In 1983 she was teaching in Anchorage, Alaska.
Joyce Arlene Drennan (D-1/1.2), daughter of Thomas Calvin
Drennan (D1/1.2) and Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan (C2/10.4), was
born January 4, 1922 in Stonewall County.
Later her parents moved to Dawson County where she grew up and was
graduated from high school in 1939. She
was married in 1945 in Lamesa to Carl Hugh Weaks (W-1/1.1). Later the couple was divorced, and she was
remarried in Lamesa June 17, 1955 to Audie Lee Richey (R-1/1.1), son of Hurley
Lee Richey (R1/1.1) and Alice Bradford Richey (B1/1.1). In 1970 they lived on a farm near Winnsboro,
and she was employed by General Telephone Company in Sulphur Springs,
Texas. In 1983 they removed to
Aspermont, Texas.
One daughter was born to Carl Hugh Weaks (W-1/1.1) and Joyce
Arlene Drennan Weaks (D-1/1.2):
Carla Joyce
Weaks (W-2/1.1) born March 11, 1946
Carla Joyce Weaks (W-2/1.1), daughter of Carl Hugh Weaks
(W-1/1.1) and Joyce Arlene Drennan Weaks (D-1/1.2), was born March 11, 1946 in
Lamesa. She was married January 27,
1967 to Stanley Stafford (S-2/1.1) in Lubbock.
In 1970 they lived in Houston.
In 1983 they lived in Sulphur Springs where he was employed by Dewitt
Trucking Company, and she was a nurse.
Children born to them include:
Tonya Michelle
Stafford (S-3/1.1) born September 30, 1968
Tonya Michelle Stafford (S-3/1.1), daughter of Stanley Stafford
(S-2/1.1) and Carla Joyce Weaks Stafford (W-2/1.1), was born in Lubbock
September 30, 1968.
Ora Aladine "Deanie" Drennan (D-1/1.3), daughter of
Thomas Calvin Drennan (D1/1.1) and Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan
(C2/10.4), was born December 13, 1923 in Stonewall County. Her parents removed to Dawson County about
1925 where she attended school and was graduated from high school. Following graduation she was employed by
General Telephone Company there and in a short time became chief operator.
She was married about 1946 to Bill Harrington (H-1/1.1) in
Lamesa. Later the couple was divorced,
and she was remarried December 11, 1949 to Charles Edwin "Doc" Davis
(D-1/1.1) who was employed by an automobile dealership there. Later the couple removed to Lubbock where
they lived in June 1987.
Two children were adopted by Charles Edwin "Doc" Davis
(D-1/1.1) and Ora Aladine "Deanie" Drennan Harrington Davis
(D-1/1.3):
Charles David
Davis (D-2/1.1) born June 14, 1963
Tommie Ross
Davis (D-2/1.2) born May 21, 1966
Calvin Osborn "Ozzie" Drennan (D-1/1.4), son of Thomas
Calvin Drennan (D1/1.1) and Mary Alnora "Nora" Cox Drennan (C2/10.4),
was born January 2, 1926 in Dawson County. Following graduation from high
school there he was married about 1946 to Netha Arlene Denson (D-1/1.1). Later the couple was divorced, and he was
remarried to Mrs. Charlotte Fogerson who was born December 28, 1927 in Canyon,
Texas. In 1987 they lived in Hobbs, New
Mexico where they owned Drennan's Heating & Plumbing Company.
Children born to Calvin Osborn "Ozzie" Drennan
(D-1/1.4) and Netha Arlene Denson Drennan (D-1/1.1) include:
Netha Diane
Drennan (D-2/4.1) born July 3, 1947
Teresa Nanette
Drennan (D-2/4.2) born July 3, 1948
Children born to Calvin Osborn "Ozzie" Drennan
(D-1/1.4) and Charlotte Fogerson Drennan include:
Brett Fogerson
Drennan (D-2/4.3) born May 16, 1951
Kathleen Ann
Drennan (D-2/4.4) born June 7, 1959
Netha Diane Drennan (D-2/4.1), daughter of Calvin Osborn
"Ozzie" Drennan (D-1/1.4) and Netha Arlene Denson Drennan (D-1/1.1),
was born July 3, 1947 in Lamesa. She
was married about 1967 to Willard Ware (W-2/1.1) at Sundown, Texas.
Teresa Nanette Drennan (D-2/4.2), daughter of Calvin Osborn
"Ozzie" Drennan (D-1/1.4) and Netha Arlene Denson Drennan (D-1/1.1),
was born July 3, 1948 at Lamesa. She
was married about 1966 to Larry Phillips (P-2/1.1) in Odessa.
Children born to them include:
Cary Todd Phillips (P-3/1.1) born December 22, 1967
Brett Fogerson Drennan (D-2/4.3), son of Charlotte Fogerson
Drennan, was born May 16, 1951. He was
adopted by Calvin Osborn "Ozzie" Drennan (D-1/1.4) after their
marriage.
Kathleen Ann Drennan (D-2/4.4), daughter of Calvin Osborn
"Ozzie" Drennan (D-1/1.4) and Charlotte Fogerson Drennan, was born
June 7, 1959 in Hobbs.
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