Paul Kester Cox
b. 9 February 1904, d. 25 September 1968
- Paul Kester Cox was born on 9 February 1904 in Pullman, Ritchie County, West Virginia.
- He married Mary Louise Simpson, daughter of James Laurel Simpson and Mary Louise Prenatt, on 9 June 1934 in Pine Grove, Wetzel County, West Virginia, by license issued the same day, with Allen S. Fields, Minister of the Pine Grove Christian Church officiating. At the time of their marriage, both were teachers, the groom residing in Pullman and the bride in Morgantown.
- Paul Kester Cox and Mary Louise Simpson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Pullman, West Virginia. Also in the household were three lodgers.
- He was employed as a teacher in a junior high school, according to the 1940 census.
- Paul Kester Cox died on 25 September 1968 at age 64 in Pleasants County, West Virginia.
- Mary Louise Simpson became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at IOOF Cemetery, Saint Marys, Pleasants County, West Virginia.
- Last Edited: 26 Apr 2014