MRS. ELIZABETH W. COX
Mrs. Elizabeth Wiginton Cox, sixty-seven years old, one of Berkley's best known and esteemed women, passed away yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock at her home, 126 Walnut street, after a lingering illness, resulting from a stroke of paralysis. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Mrs. Matilda Lamb Wiginton and widow of the late E. L. Cox, for many years one of Berkley's most prominent citizens and undertakers. She is survived by these children: Mrs. C. C. Barclay, of Virginia Beach; Mrs. C. H. Culpepper, of Portsmouth; E. Lee Cox, R. L. Cox, Mrs. E. C. Savage, W. W. Cox, Miss Sadie Cox, all of this city; also two nieces, Mrs. Joseph Bailey, Norfolk; Mrs. H. Bardin, of Flordia, and a nephew, W. G. Sawyer, Norfolk county. She was a native of Moyock, Currituck county, N. C., and had been a resident of this city thirty-one years, during which time she had won many warm friends. She was especially prominent in church circles, being one of the oldest members of the Berkley Avenue Baptist church. She was a constant church worker and was well known for benevolent deeds among the poor. Mrs. Cox was taken ill several months ago from a stroke of paralysis while on a visit to her son, W. W. Cox, in Colonial Place. The funeral will be conducted in Berkley Avenue Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. R. D. Stephenson, pastor, assisted by Rev. S. J. Battin, pastor of Memorial Methodist church. Burial will take place in the family lot in Magnolia cemetery Thursday and will be private.
Virginian-Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark (Norfolk, Virginia) Tuesday, January 14, 1919 Page 10 Col 1
DIED
COX-At her residence, 126 Walnut street, Monday morning, January 13, 1919, at 9:30 o'clock, MRS. ELIZABETH WIGINTON COX, widow of the late E. L. Cox, aged 67 years, 3 months and 12 days. The funeral will be conducted in the Berkley Avenue Baptist church, on WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON at 2 o'clock. Burial will take place in the family lot in Magnolia cemetery, Thursday, (private).
Virginian-Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark (Norfolk, Virginia) Wednesday, January 15, 1919 Page 10 Col 3
MRS. ELIZABETH W. COX
Mrs. Elizabeth Wiginton Cox, sixty-seven years old, one of Berkley's best known and esteemed women, passed away yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock at her home, 126 Walnut street, after a lingering illness, resulting from a stroke of paralysis. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Mrs. Matilda Lamb Wiginton and widow of the late E. L. Cox, for many years one of Berkley's most prominent citizens and undertakers. She is survived by these children: Mrs. C. C. Barclay, of Virginia Beach; Mrs. C. H. Culpepper, of Portsmouth; E. Lee Cox, R. L. Cox, Mrs. E. C. Savage, W. W. Cox, Miss Sadie Cox, all of this city; also two nieces, Mrs. Joseph Bailey, Norfolk; Mrs. H. Bardin, of Flordia, and a nephew, W. G. Sawyer, Norfolk county. She was a native of Moyock, Currituck county, N. C., and had been a resident of this city thirty-one years, during which time she had won many warm friends. She was especially prominent in church circles, being one of the oldest members of the Berkley Avenue Baptist church. She was a constant church worker and was well known for benevolent deeds among the poor. Mrs. Cox was taken ill several months ago from a stroke of paralysis while on a visit to her son, W. W. Cox, in Colonial Place. The funeral will be conducted in Berkley Avenue Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. R. D. Stephenson, pastor, assisted by Rev. S. J. Battin, pastor of Memorial Methodist church. Burial will take place in the family lot in Magnolia cemetery Thursday and will be private.
Virginian-Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark (Norfolk, Virginia) Tuesday, January 14, 1919 Page 10 Col 1
DIED
COX-At her residence, 126 Walnut street, Monday morning, January 13, 1919, at 9:30 o'clock, MRS. ELIZABETH WIGINTON COX, widow of the late E. L. Cox, aged 67 years, 3 months and 12 days. The funeral will be conducted in the Berkley Avenue Baptist church, on WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON at 2 o'clock. Burial will take place in the family lot in Magnolia cemetery, Thursday, (private).
Virginian-Pilot and The Norfolk Landmark (Norfolk, Virginia) Wednesday, January 15, 1919 Page 10 Col 3
Family Members
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Emily Eugenia Cox Barclay
1872–1944
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Florence Etta Cox Culpepper
1873–1924
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Elijah Leander "Lee" Cox
1874–1930
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Robert Llewellyn Cox Sr
1877–1923
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Mary Elizabeth Cox Savage
1879–1956
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William Wiginton Cox Sr
1880–1940
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Sarah Sneed Wiginton "Sadie" Cox Nevius
1883–1944
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John Langley Cox
1886 – unknown
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Hellen Louise Cox
1887 – unknown
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