HEMINGWAY- Marion Cullen Cox, 76, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 1996, at a Florence nursing center after a long illness.
He was born in Williamsburg County, a son of the late William and Odessa Cox.
He was a retired auto mechanic and an honorary member of NASCAR. He was a member of the Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church, an Army and Air Force veteran of World War II, and a graduate of Hemingway High School and Auto-Diesel College in Nashville, Tenn. He also attended Emanuel College.
Marion Cullen Cox was a NASCAR Grand National Series car owner. He provided a race car for Roy Bentley, a now retired NASCAR Grand National series driver in four races in the 1955 and 1956 racing seasons. Darrell Waltrip, Richard Childress and Cale Yarborough raced for Marion Cox. Marion raced Chevrolet vehicles in 1955 but switched to Ford in 1956.
He built all of his race cars in his garage, Marion Cox Garage, near Hemingway, SC. He was one of the most respected car owner-builders in the business and the list of drivers who sat in the seats of his cars reads like Who's Who of auto racing.
Due to his religious beliefs, he never allowed his cars to race on a Sunday. During the 1970's, he pulled one of his cars out of a race before it ended because numerous delays had caused the race to continue into Sunday.
In 2021, Marion Cox was inducted into the Augusta International Raceway Preservation Society Hall of Fame.
to be inducted into the Augusta
Survivors include his wife, Nina Cox; three sons, Randy Cox of Hemingway, and Mike Cox and Dowie Cox, both of Pamplico; two daughters, Patricia Rader of Charleston and Diane Tanner of Asheboro, N.C.; five brothers, Cletus Cox of Pamplico, Medford Cox of Johnsonville, Blondon Cox and Cortez Cox, both of Hemingway, and Lorie Cox of Florence; three sisters, Virginia Creel of Pleasant Hill, Virgiline Davison of Darlington, and Madeline Baxley of Hemingway; and nine grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial will follow in the Old Johnsonville Cemetery.
He was born in Williamsburg County, a son of the late William and Odessa Cox.
He was a retired auto mechanic and an honorary member of NASCAR. He was a member of the Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church, an Army and Air Force veteran of World War II, and a graduate of Hemingway High School and Auto-Diesel College in Nashville, Tenn. He also attended Emanuel College.
Marion Cullen Cox was a NASCAR Grand National Series car owner. He provided a race car for Roy Bentley, a now retired NASCAR Grand National series driver in four races in the 1955 and 1956 racing seasons. Darrell Waltrip, Richard Childress and Cale Yarborough raced for Marion Cox. Marion raced Chevrolet vehicles in 1955 but switched to Ford in 1956.
He built all of his race cars in his garage, Marion Cox Garage, near Hemingway, SC. He was one of the most respected car owner-builders in the business and the list of drivers who sat in the seats of his cars reads like Who's Who of auto racing.
Due to his religious beliefs, he never allowed his cars to race on a Sunday. During the 1970's, he pulled one of his cars out of a race before it ended because numerous delays had caused the race to continue into Sunday.
In 2021, Marion Cox was inducted into the Augusta International Raceway Preservation Society Hall of Fame.
to be inducted into the Augusta
Survivors include his wife, Nina Cox; three sons, Randy Cox of Hemingway, and Mike Cox and Dowie Cox, both of Pamplico; two daughters, Patricia Rader of Charleston and Diane Tanner of Asheboro, N.C.; five brothers, Cletus Cox of Pamplico, Medford Cox of Johnsonville, Blondon Cox and Cortez Cox, both of Hemingway, and Lorie Cox of Florence; three sisters, Virginia Creel of Pleasant Hill, Virgiline Davison of Darlington, and Madeline Baxley of Hemingway; and nine grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial will follow in the Old Johnsonville Cemetery.
HEMINGWAY- Marion Cullen Cox, 76, died Sunday, Oct. 13, 1996, at a Florence nursing center after a long illness.
He was born in Williamsburg County, a son of the late William and Odessa Cox.
He was a retired auto mechanic and an honorary member of NASCAR. He was a member of the Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church, an Army and Air Force veteran of World War II, and a graduate of Hemingway High School and Auto-Diesel College in Nashville, Tenn. He also attended Emanuel College.
Marion Cullen Cox was a NASCAR Grand National Series car owner. He provided a race car for Roy Bentley, a now retired NASCAR Grand National series driver in four races in the 1955 and 1956 racing seasons. Darrell Waltrip, Richard Childress and Cale Yarborough raced for Marion Cox. Marion raced Chevrolet vehicles in 1955 but switched to Ford in 1956.
He built all of his race cars in his garage, Marion Cox Garage, near Hemingway, SC. He was one of the most respected car owner-builders in the business and the list of drivers who sat in the seats of his cars reads like Who's Who of auto racing.
Due to his religious beliefs, he never allowed his cars to race on a Sunday. During the 1970's, he pulled one of his cars out of a race before it ended because numerous delays had caused the race to continue into Sunday.
In 2021, Marion Cox was inducted into the Augusta International Raceway Preservation Society Hall of Fame.
to be inducted into the Augusta
Survivors include his wife, Nina Cox; three sons, Randy Cox of Hemingway, and Mike Cox and Dowie Cox, both of Pamplico; two daughters, Patricia Rader of Charleston and Diane Tanner of Asheboro, N.C.; five brothers, Cletus Cox of Pamplico, Medford Cox of Johnsonville, Blondon Cox and Cortez Cox, both of Hemingway, and Lorie Cox of Florence; three sisters, Virginia Creel of Pleasant Hill, Virgiline Davison of Darlington, and Madeline Baxley of Hemingway; and nine grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial will follow in the Old Johnsonville Cemetery.
He was born in Williamsburg County, a son of the late William and Odessa Cox.
He was a retired auto mechanic and an honorary member of NASCAR. He was a member of the Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church, an Army and Air Force veteran of World War II, and a graduate of Hemingway High School and Auto-Diesel College in Nashville, Tenn. He also attended Emanuel College.
Marion Cullen Cox was a NASCAR Grand National Series car owner. He provided a race car for Roy Bentley, a now retired NASCAR Grand National series driver in four races in the 1955 and 1956 racing seasons. Darrell Waltrip, Richard Childress and Cale Yarborough raced for Marion Cox. Marion raced Chevrolet vehicles in 1955 but switched to Ford in 1956.
He built all of his race cars in his garage, Marion Cox Garage, near Hemingway, SC. He was one of the most respected car owner-builders in the business and the list of drivers who sat in the seats of his cars reads like Who's Who of auto racing.
Due to his religious beliefs, he never allowed his cars to race on a Sunday. During the 1970's, he pulled one of his cars out of a race before it ended because numerous delays had caused the race to continue into Sunday.
In 2021, Marion Cox was inducted into the Augusta International Raceway Preservation Society Hall of Fame.
to be inducted into the Augusta
Survivors include his wife, Nina Cox; three sons, Randy Cox of Hemingway, and Mike Cox and Dowie Cox, both of Pamplico; two daughters, Patricia Rader of Charleston and Diane Tanner of Asheboro, N.C.; five brothers, Cletus Cox of Pamplico, Medford Cox of Johnsonville, Blondon Cox and Cortez Cox, both of Hemingway, and Lorie Cox of Florence; three sisters, Virginia Creel of Pleasant Hill, Virgiline Davison of Darlington, and Madeline Baxley of Hemingway; and nine grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial will follow in the Old Johnsonville Cemetery.
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