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Jake Cox

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Jake Cox

Birth
Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
Death
19 Oct 1971 (aged 56)
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Burial
Colleyville, Tarrant County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.8957875, Longitude: -97.1433886
Memorial ID
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Jake Cox married Jewel Lassie (Turk) Fortner 14 Jun 1936.

Jake served in the US Army as a Private during WW II. He was sent to France but due to being blind in one eye he could not go to the front line so he worke in the Main Army Hospital as a medic. When Jake was 19 years old he lost the sight in his left eye when a horse he was riding ran under a Boisd'arc Tree and a thorn stuck in his eye.

His headstone shows his death date as 23 October 1971 which is incorrect. his actual death date is 21 October 1971.


The granddaughter-in-law of Jake Cox, Laura E. Sabo Cox , is also buried in this cemetery.

A daughter-in-law, Barbara Arlean Lochabay Cox is buried in the DFW National Cemetery, Dallas, TX

A g-grandson, Garrett Gene Karl is buried in the Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, TX

Jake Cox married Jewel Lassie (Turk) Fortner 14 Jun 1936.

Jake served in the US Army as a Private during WW II. He was sent to France but due to being blind in one eye he could not go to the front line so he worke in the Main Army Hospital as a medic. When Jake was 19 years old he lost the sight in his left eye when a horse he was riding ran under a Boisd'arc Tree and a thorn stuck in his eye.

His headstone shows his death date as 23 October 1971 which is incorrect. his actual death date is 21 October 1971.


The granddaughter-in-law of Jake Cox, Laura E. Sabo Cox , is also buried in this cemetery.

A daughter-in-law, Barbara Arlean Lochabay Cox is buried in the DFW National Cemetery, Dallas, TX

A g-grandson, Garrett Gene Karl is buried in the Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, TX



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  • Created by: Roger Strain
  • Added: Mar 2, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18131220/jake-cox: accessed ), memorial page for Jake Cox (30 Nov 1914–19 Oct 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18131220, citing Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park, Colleyville, Tarrant County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Roger Strain (contributor 46889190).