Cox, Hannah Wilkinson

COX, WILKINSON

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 12/1/2011 at 19:05:56

Cox, Hannah Wilkinson -
Another of the older citizens of Lenox has gone. Mrs. Hannah Cox died at her home on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the age of 89 years, 4 months and 6 days.

Mrs. Cox has had a remarkable life. For over fifty years she had never had a doctor until this last sickness which has been of short duration.

Every Sunday rain or shine she was in her Sabbath school class at the Methodist church.

Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church on Friday afternoon at one o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. R. Stroud Interment will be made in Prairie Rose cemetery. An obituary will appear next week.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday October 10, 1929

Cox, Hannah Wilkinson -
Hannah Wilkinson was born in Durham county, England, June 2, 1840 and answered God's summons to "come up higher" Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1929, at her home in Lenox, having lived 89 years, 4 months and 6 days.

Her early life was spent in England, coming to America in Sept. of 1865. On Oct. 4th of the same year, immediately after her arrival here, she was united in marriage to John Cox at LaSalle, Ill., thus completing a romance begun in their native land. To them were born seven children, two of whom died in infancy. Aside from eight years spent in Illinois and five years in England, their married life was lived in the communities of Lenox and Corning. Mrs. Cox spent one half a century in this part of Iowa, Mr. Cox died in April of 1905.
The five surviving children are: Mrs. Anna Gunderman, Lenox Mrs. Hannah Mooney, Breashear, Mo.; Mrs. Jane Leach, Zillah, Wash; R. W. Cox, Gravity and J. P. Cox, Corning. All were present but Mrs. Leach.

There are eighteen grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren besides many other near relatives.

Mrs. Cox was the third child in a family of nine children and was the last survivor of her father’s family. She has been a Christian years, living a beautifully consistent life, faithfully devoted to the church and the spiritual
nurture of her loved ones.

She united with the local M. E. under the pastorate of Rev. Nail, having moved to Lenox from Corning during his pastorate that she might be near her daughter, Mrs. John Gunderman, who has been untiring in her tender ministries to her aged mother in her declining years.

There lives in the minds and hearts of her neighbors and friends the memory of a remarkable life; beautifully consistent, devoted to home and church; "Her children rise up and call her blessed." Those who knew her best, loved her most.

She, has well earned the starry crown, the crown of righteousness which she has received from the pierced hand of her loving Lord, whom she loved with all her heart.

Funeral services were conducted from the M. E. church at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon and burial made in the Prairie Rose cemetery. Rev. Stroud conducted the services.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday October 17, 1929