Rube Cox was one of eleven children born to Columbus Alonzo (Lonnie) Cox and Narsisia (Cissy) Miller Cox.
His ten siblings were:
Newtie Heuing b. 1889 d. 1945,
Myrtle Alice Cox Swope b. 1890 d.1980,
Dee Sterling Cox b. 1892 d. 1937
Virginia Jane Cox Swope b. 1894 d.1983
Samuel Hubert Cox b. 1897 d. 1950
Martha Ester Cox b. 1900 d. ?
Thomas Nathan Cox b. 1902 d. 1948
Hulen Alonzo Cox b. 1907 d. 1967
Bertie Ethel Cox Watson b. 1909 d. 1999
Robert Schuler Cox b. 1912 d. 1983
He married the love of his life, Emma Irene White on 06 June 1923 in Nolanville, Bell County, Texas.
He was the father of six children:
Lemuel Alonzo b. 1924 d. 2010
Ruben Lawrence b. 1928
Allen Lee b. 1930 d. 2007
Daisy Muriel b. 1931 d. 2003
Jerry Alton b. 1934 d. 2007
Mary Sue b.1942
Rube and Emmie were members of the First United Methodist Church in La Feria, Texas. They lived in La Feria, Texas 44 years.
He was a farmer for most of his life but in later years he
was a school bus driver for La Feria schools and had a paper route for the Valley Morning Star Newspaper in Harlingen, Texas. He was also a past master of the La Feria Masonic Lodge # 1197.
Rube Cox loved people and was a happy man. He loved to tease his children and grandchildren. They all remember him singing to them....Tom, Tom the piper's son...among others. He loved God and his family but most of all his precious Emmie to whom he was married for 59 years.
We miss you, Grandpa!
His ten siblings were:
Newtie Heuing b. 1889 d. 1945,
Myrtle Alice Cox Swope b. 1890 d.1980,
Dee Sterling Cox b. 1892 d. 1937
Virginia Jane Cox Swope b. 1894 d.1983
Samuel Hubert Cox b. 1897 d. 1950
Martha Ester Cox b. 1900 d. ?
Thomas Nathan Cox b. 1902 d. 1948
Hulen Alonzo Cox b. 1907 d. 1967
Bertie Ethel Cox Watson b. 1909 d. 1999
Robert Schuler Cox b. 1912 d. 1983
He married the love of his life, Emma Irene White on 06 June 1923 in Nolanville, Bell County, Texas.
He was the father of six children:
Lemuel Alonzo b. 1924 d. 2010
Ruben Lawrence b. 1928
Allen Lee b. 1930 d. 2007
Daisy Muriel b. 1931 d. 2003
Jerry Alton b. 1934 d. 2007
Mary Sue b.1942
Rube and Emmie were members of the First United Methodist Church in La Feria, Texas. They lived in La Feria, Texas 44 years.
He was a farmer for most of his life but in later years he
was a school bus driver for La Feria schools and had a paper route for the Valley Morning Star Newspaper in Harlingen, Texas. He was also a past master of the La Feria Masonic Lodge # 1197.
Rube Cox loved people and was a happy man. He loved to tease his children and grandchildren. They all remember him singing to them....Tom, Tom the piper's son...among others. He loved God and his family but most of all his precious Emmie to whom he was married for 59 years.
We miss you, Grandpa!
Rube Cox was one of eleven children born to Columbus Alonzo (Lonnie) Cox and Narsisia (Cissy) Miller Cox.
His ten siblings were:
Newtie Heuing b. 1889 d. 1945,
Myrtle Alice Cox Swope b. 1890 d.1980,
Dee Sterling Cox b. 1892 d. 1937
Virginia Jane Cox Swope b. 1894 d.1983
Samuel Hubert Cox b. 1897 d. 1950
Martha Ester Cox b. 1900 d. ?
Thomas Nathan Cox b. 1902 d. 1948
Hulen Alonzo Cox b. 1907 d. 1967
Bertie Ethel Cox Watson b. 1909 d. 1999
Robert Schuler Cox b. 1912 d. 1983
He married the love of his life, Emma Irene White on 06 June 1923 in Nolanville, Bell County, Texas.
He was the father of six children:
Lemuel Alonzo b. 1924 d. 2010
Ruben Lawrence b. 1928
Allen Lee b. 1930 d. 2007
Daisy Muriel b. 1931 d. 2003
Jerry Alton b. 1934 d. 2007
Mary Sue b.1942
Rube and Emmie were members of the First United Methodist Church in La Feria, Texas. They lived in La Feria, Texas 44 years.
He was a farmer for most of his life but in later years he
was a school bus driver for La Feria schools and had a paper route for the Valley Morning Star Newspaper in Harlingen, Texas. He was also a past master of the La Feria Masonic Lodge # 1197.
Rube Cox loved people and was a happy man. He loved to tease his children and grandchildren. They all remember him singing to them....Tom, Tom the piper's son...among others. He loved God and his family but most of all his precious Emmie to whom he was married for 59 years.
We miss you, Grandpa!
His ten siblings were:
Newtie Heuing b. 1889 d. 1945,
Myrtle Alice Cox Swope b. 1890 d.1980,
Dee Sterling Cox b. 1892 d. 1937
Virginia Jane Cox Swope b. 1894 d.1983
Samuel Hubert Cox b. 1897 d. 1950
Martha Ester Cox b. 1900 d. ?
Thomas Nathan Cox b. 1902 d. 1948
Hulen Alonzo Cox b. 1907 d. 1967
Bertie Ethel Cox Watson b. 1909 d. 1999
Robert Schuler Cox b. 1912 d. 1983
He married the love of his life, Emma Irene White on 06 June 1923 in Nolanville, Bell County, Texas.
He was the father of six children:
Lemuel Alonzo b. 1924 d. 2010
Ruben Lawrence b. 1928
Allen Lee b. 1930 d. 2007
Daisy Muriel b. 1931 d. 2003
Jerry Alton b. 1934 d. 2007
Mary Sue b.1942
Rube and Emmie were members of the First United Methodist Church in La Feria, Texas. They lived in La Feria, Texas 44 years.
He was a farmer for most of his life but in later years he
was a school bus driver for La Feria schools and had a paper route for the Valley Morning Star Newspaper in Harlingen, Texas. He was also a past master of the La Feria Masonic Lodge # 1197.
Rube Cox loved people and was a happy man. He loved to tease his children and grandchildren. They all remember him singing to them....Tom, Tom the piper's son...among others. He loved God and his family but most of all his precious Emmie to whom he was married for 59 years.
We miss you, Grandpa!
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