COX, Mary Louise

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona ~ July 17, 2008 Mary Louise Cox, 83, of Snowflake passed from this life July 12, 2008, at her home in Snowflake. She was born Feb. 7, 1925, to Dan and Florence Mae Henry Weston in Coalinga, Calif. On Dec. 21, 1952, she married Lowell A. Cox in New Mexico. They were married 24 years, when he died June 14, 1976. They raised two daughters, Cynthia (Dennis R.) Overmyer of Snowflake and Nancy F. (Darrell E.) Busbin of Lake Worth, Fla., and one son, William R. Cox II. They had eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. During her working life, Mary Louise worked as an eligibility investigator for a county hospital. She loved to crochet and make ceramics. Her great love was reading the Bible. She was a member of the Baptist Church. She is survived by her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren; one brother, Roy Weston of Payson; and two sisters, Betty Parrish Boyd and Juanita Meeks of Phoenix. She was preceded in death by both of her parents and one grandchild, John Overmyer. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 19, at 10 a.m. at the Serenity Chapel at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, 2300 W. Van Buren Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85009. Arrangements were handled by Silver Creek Mortuary of Taylor.