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Essie Lucille Cox - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, June 19, 1975

Funeral services for Mrs. Essie Lucille Cox, 64, of Tallulah, were at 2 p.m. ----ay in Willow Bayou 
Baptist Church with the Rev - W. Elmore officiating. Burial was in Providence Memorial Cemetery under 
the direction of Crothers Funeral Home of Tallulah.

Mrs. Cox died Thursday at her residence after an apparent heart attack. She was a native of Alice, Tex., 
and had been a Madison Parish resident for 33 years. She was also a member of the Baptist Church.

Mrs. Cox is survived by her husband, Arlie Cox, of Tallulah; two daughters, Mrs. Lucy Purvis of Tallulah 
and Mrs. Eva Dean Willis of Sidney, Neb.; three sons, Armon Cox, Clayton Cox and Gene Cox, all of Tallulah; 
four sisters, Mrs. Inez Rich of Bradley, Ark., Mrs. Gertrude Bledsoe of Texarkana, Ark., Mrs. Olera Talley 
of Springhill and Mrs. Macelane Arnold of Mooringsport; two brothers, Arnold Rutledge and Ancil Rutledge, 
both of Texarkana, Ark.; her father, C. B. Rutledge of Tallulah; 16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren

Pallbearers were Winfred Parker, Sanford Parker, Charlie Purvis, Wayne McKnight, Dan Purvis and Horace Russell.