Jewell Cox

Posted by on May 17, 2013

Jewell Cox of Campbellsville, daughter of the late William Arthur Sallee and Mary Anna Murrell Sallee, was born in Taylor County, Kentucky, February 28, 1933. She died at 5:32 P.M., Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Louisville.   Age: 80

She professed faith in Christ and was of the Methodist faith.

She was a retired employee of  Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville.

She united in marriage to James D. (Jay) Cox on March 24, 1949.

Besides her husband, James D. (Jay) Cox, she is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law: Doug and Ann Cox and Jason and Tammy Cox of Campbellsville; five granddaughters and four grandsons: Chasity Johnson, Brooke Humphress, Samantha Cox, Shania Cox, Mariah Cox, Brandon Cox, Clint Cox,

D. J. Cox, and Dirt Cox; six great-grandchildren; one brother and three sisters: Daymon Sallee and Lora Mae Dudgeon of Campbellsville, Athol Milby of Summersville, and Mary Elizabeth Vance of Greensburg; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by one sister and three brothers: Delois Bell Sallee, William E. “Bill” Sallee, Logan Ray Sallee, and Maurice Gene Sallee.

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VISITATION:  5:00 – 8:00 P.M., Sunday, May 19, 2013 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home

FUNERAL SERVICE:  11:00 A.M., Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Don Gowin

BURIAL:                        Brookside Cemetery