Joshua Mack Cox Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Independence
Directions: From the junction of Wilson Hwy (US 58) and Hardin Rd (Rt 703) go south 0.54 mile on Hardin Rd to cemetery on left. The cemetery is approximately 300 yards from road on knoll.
GPS Coordinates: N36.61040 W81.17219
Surveyed by: William Joe Cox in 1995
Comments: The cemetery was fenced, well tended and visible from the road. It is on land of old J. Mack Cox homeplace.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| BYRD, Richard G. | 1939 | 1974 | double stone with next |
| BYRD, Lorene | 1939 | [nee Roberts] | |
| BYRD, Ernest L. | 22 May 1911 | 29 Jan 1985 | “Dick”; double stone with next |
| BYRD, Gaye | 6 Dec 1903 | [12 Jun 1995] | [d/o Joshua Mack and Cynthia E. Reeves Cox] |
| Row 2 | |||
| WINGATE, Walter Lee | 1896 | 1965 | double stone with next |
| WINGATE, Faye Dexter | [20 Oct] 1898 | [14 Apr] 1991 | [d/o Joshua Mack and Cynthia Reeves Cox] |
| Row 3 | |||
| COX, Joshua Mack | 14 May 1837 | 19 Dec 1904 | [s/o Hardin and Nancy Reeves Cox] |
| COX, Cynthia E. | 22 Oct 1862 | 13 Jan 1956 | [Cynthia Emeline, d/o Joshua & Leana Thomas Reeves; w/o Mack Cox] |
| COX, Joe Hurley | 11 Dec 1895 | 17 May 1981 | [s/o Joshua Mack and Cynthia Reeves Cox] |
| COX, Pearl Ann | 1885 | 1971 | [d/o Joshua Mack and Cynthia Reeves Cox] |
| COX, Lettie Lee | 1 Aug 1890 | 17 Nov 1976 | [d/o Joshua Mack and Cynthia Reeves Cox] |
| Row 4 | |||
| COX, Gwyn H. | 29 Jun 1900 | 1960 | double stone with next |
| COX, Eva | 24 Mar 1910 | [10 Dec 1991] | [Eva Irene, d/o Joseph V. and Mazy Ann Halsey Parsons] |
| BOYER, Harold G. | 5 Mar 1915 | 3 Oct 1917 | [s/o Mack and Alma Cox Boyer. He and his sister died in CO. His remains were bought back here for burial, but her remains were not allowed to be shipped—something about a fever.] |
| BOYER, Mack | 1879 | 1919 | double stone with next |
| BOYER, Alma | 1888 | 1968 | [d/o Joshua Mack and Cynthia Reeves Cox] |
| COX, Howard Gwyn | 15 Feb 1975 | 15 Feb 1975 | infant son of Joe and Margaret Cox |
| Row 5 | |||
| COX, Joanna Michelle | 22 Nov 1984 | 23 Nov 1984 | infant d/o William Joe and Margaret Cox |