COX, Lionel Bert (Breezy)

Breezy Cox, of Rodeo Fame, Dies in Tucson Buckeye -- Funeral services for Lionel Bert Cox, 59, one-time world's champion all-around rodeo cowboy, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Buckeye Funeral Home. The Rev. Leroy Crosley will officiate. Burial will be in Louis B. Hazelton Cemetery. Mr. Cox, who performed in rodeos throughout the country for many years, died of a heart attack in Tucson Thursday, January 21, 1960. He was known on the rodeo circuit as "Breezy Cox". Born in Sonora, Texas, Mr. Cox came to Arizona in 1915. He had been living in Pinetop the past several years and before that had lived in Buckeye and Solomon. After suffering a broken leg in a rodeo four years ago, he retired from rodeo competition and operated a string of race horses. He is survived by his wife, Jessie; a son, John W., Phoenix; three sisters, Mrs. Mona Burns, Yarnell; Mrs. Cora Fribley, Tularosa, N.M.; and Mrs. Zora Arnold, Buckeye; three brothers, Otho, Duncan, and Lendel and G. W., both of Buckeye and a granddaughter. The Arizona Republic Saturday, 23 January 1960.