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Elmer W. "Sleepy" Cox, 73, of Harriman, died Wednesday, June 4, 1997, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
Mr. Cox was retired from the Eaton Axle Co., Cleveland, Ohio, where he had worked for 30 years.
He was born on May 9, 1924, in Windrock, the son of the Rev. E.M. Cox and Sarah Shoopman Cox. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
Mr. Cox was a member of Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Oliver Springs.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Pride Waller Cox; a stepson, Chris Waller and his wife, Resa, of Harriman; and three step-grandchildren, Brandy, Caresa and Harley Waller.
Mr. Cox is also survived by seven sisters-in-law, Edna Lynn, Pearl West and her husband, Harold, Joyce Patterson, Pat Thomas, Lois Huskey and her husband, Ralph, Mamie Vickery and her husband, Earl, and Hazel Bolden, all of Oliver Springs; four brothers-in-law, Roy Lively and his wife, Evelyn, Carl Lively and his wife, Bernice, all of Oliver Springs, Harlan R. Walls of Knoxville and Joe Cleve Daugherty of Maryland; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends he considered special were Nancy Chadwick of Oliver Springs, Matt Sarama of Harriman, Irv Boxerbaum, Joe Losky, Bob and Shirley Robinson, all of Ohio, and Tom Euton and family, Ruby Martin and family, all of Georgia.
Four sisters and a brother, Mildred Walls, Elizabeth Cox, Helen DeLung, Faye Daugherty and Lloyd W. Cox, died earlier.
The funeral was held at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 7, in the chapel of Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs with the Rev. Garvan Walls officiating.
A graveside service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 8, at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery in Oliver Springs.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Copyright 1997 The Oak Ridger

Elmer married Mary Pride Waller on 3 Aug 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elmer married Sarah Macklee Shoopman in 1915. Sarah was born on 17 May 1897; died on 26 Mar 1981. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel married Ruth Ann Hendricks on 9 Dec 1883. Ruth was born in 1865 in Kingston, Roane, Tennessee, United States; died on 18 May 1938; was buried in Oliver Springs, Roane, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Martin Cox. Pvt Co K 5 Rgmt Tn Infantry

Company Muster Roll March-April 1865 In arrest since March 8, 1864

Enrollment August 31, 1862,
Joined for Duty and enrolled: Barbersville, KY on February 25, 1862
Mustered In: March 6, 1862
Deserted July the 10th at Big Creek TN

Absent without leave from Jul 10th 1862 to Jan 5, 1864; Makes timegood

Letter
(name illeg)
March 8th 1864

Charges and -----against Private Martin Cox of Company (K) FifthTennessee Volunteer Infantry xxxxx
Charge: Desertion
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In this that the said Private Margin Cox of Company (k) Fifth Tennessee Volunteers Infantry did on or about the Tenth Day of July Eighteen Hundred and Sixty two, desert his company and regiment and did so remain absent until on or about the Eighhth day of March Eighteen hundred and sixty four, at which time he surrendered ------to his commanding officer at Ebenezer Tennessee. All this done at or near Big Creek Gap. Temmessee. On or about the tenth day of July Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two.
Alfred N. Ragle
Capt Comd Co. (K) 5th Tn Vol
Witness
James Ramsey

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Name: Martin Cox
Spouse: Fannie Frances Farmer
Parents: Samuel Cox , Polly Copeland
Birth Place: Roane County, TN
Birth Date: 1835
Marriage Place: Probly
Marriage Date: 1863
Death Place: Roane County, TN
Death Date: 1880

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Name: Martin Cox
Spouse: Fannie Frances Farmer
Parents: Samuel Cox , Polly Copeland
Birth Place: Roane County, TN
Birth Date: 1835
Marriage Place: Probly
Marriage Date: 1863
Death Place: Roane County, TN
Death Date: 1880

Source Citation: Birth year: 1835; Birth state: TN.

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Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,2000.
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Martin married Frances (Fanny) Farmer on 12 Dec 1860 in Kingston, Roane, Tennessee, United States. Frances (daughter of Willliam Farmer and Sarah A Tiller) was born in 1842; died in 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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per Granny, her grandmother Fanny Farmer lived to be 106. One of her daughters was named Kate.