Mrs. Belle Caddie Cox, pioneer of Silver City, passed away on May 15 at Rest Haven Nursing Home On Hudson Street. She was born June 6, 1879, In New Orleans, La., the daughter of Dr. John and Isabelle Gaddis, who came to Silver City with their three daughters and a son in 1884. Dr. Gaddis practiced medicine and owned the early day Broadway Hotel with his son. Jefferson Davis Gaddis.
As a girl, Bella Gaddis attended elementary school In Silver City and graduated from the Normal School In the Class of 1896. She continued her education at Stanford University and Columbia Teachers College, then was employed as a teacher in the Silver City elementary school for two years. In 1963 she was married to the late William S. Cox, owner of the Cox Hardware Company and Cox Mortuary. During her early married, years she was interested in the hospital charity drives which were given to help maintain the hospital. As a member of the charity ball committee she helped gather funds to finance the hospital. Mrs. Cox was also active In the local community theatre group known as `The Strollers´´ and proceeds from this group´s performances also went to the hospital fund. During World War I she enlisted as a war worker and was sent to Washington. D. C, for one year. Mrs. Cox took great Interest In the foreign students at the college and she and Mr. Cox often entertained them during holidays She was famous for her flower gardens at the old Cox homestead north of Sliver City on the Cottage San Road and often carried bouquets to sick friends and to the patients at the Fort Bayerd Hospital. Mrs, Cox is survived by two nieces Elizabeth Shannon of Clifton, Az., and Mrs. Jane Goodell Hogs of Lincoln, Va. Graveside services for Mrs. Cox will be held Thursday (today) at the Masonic Cemetery at 4 p.m.. the Wheeler Mortuary of Doming directing interment.
As a girl, Bella Gaddis attended elementary school In Silver City and graduated from the Normal School In the Class of 1896. She continued her education at Stanford University and Columbia Teachers College, then was employed as a teacher in the Silver City elementary school for two years. In 1963 she was married to the late William S. Cox, owner of the Cox Hardware Company and Cox Mortuary. During her early married, years she was interested in the hospital charity drives which were given to help maintain the hospital. As a member of the charity ball committee she helped gather funds to finance the hospital. Mrs. Cox was also active In the local community theatre group known as `The Strollers´´ and proceeds from this group´s performances also went to the hospital fund. During World War I she enlisted as a war worker and was sent to Washington. D. C, for one year. Mrs. Cox took great Interest In the foreign students at the college and she and Mr. Cox often entertained them during holidays She was famous for her flower gardens at the old Cox homestead north of Sliver City on the Cottage San Road and often carried bouquets to sick friends and to the patients at the Fort Bayerd Hospital. Mrs, Cox is survived by two nieces Elizabeth Shannon of Clifton, Az., and Mrs. Jane Goodell Hogs of Lincoln, Va. Graveside services for Mrs. Cox will be held Thursday (today) at the Masonic Cemetery at 4 p.m.. the Wheeler Mortuary of Doming directing interment.
Mrs. Belle Caddie Cox, pioneer of Silver City, passed away on May 15 at Rest Haven Nursing Home On Hudson Street. She was born June 6, 1879, In New Orleans, La., the daughter of Dr. John and Isabelle Gaddis, who came to Silver City with their three daughters and a son in 1884. Dr. Gaddis practiced medicine and owned the early day Broadway Hotel with his son. Jefferson Davis Gaddis.
As a girl, Bella Gaddis attended elementary school In Silver City and graduated from the Normal School In the Class of 1896. She continued her education at Stanford University and Columbia Teachers College, then was employed as a teacher in the Silver City elementary school for two years. In 1963 she was married to the late William S. Cox, owner of the Cox Hardware Company and Cox Mortuary. During her early married, years she was interested in the hospital charity drives which were given to help maintain the hospital. As a member of the charity ball committee she helped gather funds to finance the hospital. Mrs. Cox was also active In the local community theatre group known as `The Strollers´´ and proceeds from this group´s performances also went to the hospital fund. During World War I she enlisted as a war worker and was sent to Washington. D. C, for one year. Mrs. Cox took great Interest In the foreign students at the college and she and Mr. Cox often entertained them during holidays She was famous for her flower gardens at the old Cox homestead north of Sliver City on the Cottage San Road and often carried bouquets to sick friends and to the patients at the Fort Bayerd Hospital. Mrs, Cox is survived by two nieces Elizabeth Shannon of Clifton, Az., and Mrs. Jane Goodell Hogs of Lincoln, Va. Graveside services for Mrs. Cox will be held Thursday (today) at the Masonic Cemetery at 4 p.m.. the Wheeler Mortuary of Doming directing interment.
As a girl, Bella Gaddis attended elementary school In Silver City and graduated from the Normal School In the Class of 1896. She continued her education at Stanford University and Columbia Teachers College, then was employed as a teacher in the Silver City elementary school for two years. In 1963 she was married to the late William S. Cox, owner of the Cox Hardware Company and Cox Mortuary. During her early married, years she was interested in the hospital charity drives which were given to help maintain the hospital. As a member of the charity ball committee she helped gather funds to finance the hospital. Mrs. Cox was also active In the local community theatre group known as `The Strollers´´ and proceeds from this group´s performances also went to the hospital fund. During World War I she enlisted as a war worker and was sent to Washington. D. C, for one year. Mrs. Cox took great Interest In the foreign students at the college and she and Mr. Cox often entertained them during holidays She was famous for her flower gardens at the old Cox homestead north of Sliver City on the Cottage San Road and often carried bouquets to sick friends and to the patients at the Fort Bayerd Hospital. Mrs, Cox is survived by two nieces Elizabeth Shannon of Clifton, Az., and Mrs. Jane Goodell Hogs of Lincoln, Va. Graveside services for Mrs. Cox will be held Thursday (today) at the Masonic Cemetery at 4 p.m.. the Wheeler Mortuary of Doming directing interment.
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