James Monroe Cox, Sr

Midwest City, OK.--Funeral services for James M. Cox, Sr., 81, Midwest City, will be at 2:00 PM Thursday in the Comanche Reformed Church with Elder Bob Chaat, Jr. and Rev. Charles Spencer officiating.

Mr. Cox died Monday in a Midwest City Hospital following a brief illness. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. A prayer service will be held at 7:00 PM Wednesday in the funeral home chapel.

Mr. Cox was born December 23, 1914 in Lawton to Edward E. and Namakuh Parker Cox. He is the grandson of Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanche Tribe. He was married to Marie Cerday on June 6, 1938 in Lawton. He is a veteran of WW II having served in the US Navy. Following his discharge he worked for civil service in the field of civil engineering. He retired from civil service at Tinker Air Force Base.

He had served as a representative to the Anadarko Indian Agency and to the National Congress of American Indians. He was one of the first seven Business Committee members elected by the tribe and was subsequently elected Chairman of the tribe. During his terms in office the tribal headquarters and complex was built to establish a seat of government for the Comanche Nation.

He also served the Haskell Indian Junior College as a member of the Board of Regents and was a member of the American Indian Scholarship group and the American Indian Graduate Center. He worked tirelessly during his active life to try and better the lives and circumstances of all Native Americans, especially the people of the Comanche Nation.

Survivors include his wife, Marie Cox, of the home; a son, James M. Cox, Jr. and his wife Patricia, Midwest City, OK; a grandson, Scott A. Cox, Midwest City; a granddaughter, Ann Marie Passarella, Midwest City; and a great grandson, Derek A. Clanton, Midwest City. (The Lawton Constitution, Wed., Mar. 20, 1996, p. 6).

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• Residence: 1920 - Zella, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: 1930 - Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States
• Residence: 1935 - Rural, Comanche, Oklahoma
• Residence: 1940 - Mescalero, Election Precinct 5 Bent, Otero, New Mexico, United States
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