WOODROW F. ‘WOODY’ COX, 84, a resident of Sedro-Woolley, passed away on Saturday October 25, 2003 at the Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, WA.
He was born on December 10, 1918 in Tidewater, Oregon, a son of Fredrick Van Burien Cox & Amy Eleanor Nipp Cox. The family lived in Oregon until moving to Grandview, WA in 1926. Woody attended school in Grandview and Prosser. On October 6, 1940 he was united in marriage to Georgia Viola Idler. They made their home and raised their family mainly in Grandview until moving to Sedro-Woolley in 1989. They also lived for a brief time in Moses Lake and Othello, WA.
While living in Grandview, the couple was employed in various agricultural concerns until Woody retired from Simplot Soilbuilders in 1982. While in Grandview and Othello, Woody was an active member of the Church of the Nazarene where he served as Sunday school superintendent, Sunday school teacher and was on the church board. He currently was an active member of the Mount Vernon Church of the Nazarene and was on the advisory board of the Sedro-Woolley Senior Center.
He was a dedicated husband, father and grandfather. His favorite times were spent with horses, attending sports activities of his children and grandchildren and traveling.
Woodrow was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Georgia, in 1997, an infant daughter, Sandra, his parents, 3 brothers, James, Buren and Steve Cox and a sister, Colleen Shaeffer.
He is survived by his son, Dennis Cox and his wife Cheryl of Othello, WA and his daughter Deanna Collins and her husband Mark of Sedro-Woolley. Eight grandchildren, Cheray Law and husband Ryan of Sparks, NV, Loren Cox and wife Allison of Highlands Ranch, CO, Jaynae Bunch and husband Mark of Othello, Blair Cox and Jorja Cox, both of Provo, UT, Travis Collins and wife Deborah of Puyallup, WA, Shane Collins and wife Amy of Maple Valley, WA, Tiffany Johns and husband Travis of Loretto, PA, and eleven great-grandchildren. 1 brother, Edra Cox of Battleground, WA and 1 sister, Beulah Nelson of Yakima, WA. Memorials are suggested to Compassionate Ministries through the Church of the Nazarene.
Graveside services will be held at the Saxon Cemetery on Saturday November 1, 2003 at 11:00 AM, followed by a memorial service at the Mount Vernon Church of the Nazarene at 1:00 PM. Pastor Tim Miller, and his son-in-law, Mark Collins, officiating.
Services under direction of Lemley Chapel, Sedro-Woolley. Share memories of Woody and sign the online guest register at www.lemleychapel.com
I worked with Woody at Simplot Soilbuilders in Sunnyside Washington. During our time time together, I enjoyed working with and getting to know this very humble, gentle man. He often would share his faith in God with me as we shared about various things from the Bible. I often wondered about Woody and Georgia and now know that they both are with the Lord.