Born January 21, 1927, to James and Maggie (Hammons) Boyd, she was the only daughter of four children. Marcelene grew up in the Hyman Community, before moving to Westbrook. Her mother’s family was part of the Spade Community, so that country was in her blood.
She always told stories of working in the fields, but to get out of the sun, she would stay in the kitchen, learning to cook and using family recipes, which she passed on to us all.
She was no stranger to hard work. As the youngest of four, she picked cotton by hand, helped do farm chores, went to school daily, often riding the bus 15 miles to Westbrook and then home.
She graduated high school in 1944 from Westbrook where she was very involved in sports and academics. Marcelene attended Abilene Christian College, graduating with a degree in English.
Marcelene came home and married James Edwin Cox in 1948. They had two sons, Richard Cox and Robert Cox. They built a beautiful farm homestead in NE Colorado City, and farmed cotton and raised cattle. In the `70’s, Marcelene and James opened Cox Quality Meats, a staple of our community until 1994. Robert and “Mama” ran it from 1981 until it sold. She walked to work in the mornings. She walked home at lunch and drove back to finish her day.
After retiring, Nanna continued her passion for cooking and feeding her family every Sunday after church. Deciphering family trees and local trivia was a usual topic of conversation, and her ornery character had an “old saying” for any occasion familiarly known as Cox-isms. She always loved to see her family walk in, saying “there’s my boy!” when Tanner walked in, or squeezing your neck when you rounded the corner, always having your favorite snacks anytime you visit, and a candy jar full of snickers for her boys!
Widowed in 1981, she and her friends traveled the globe. When she got older, she traveled with her grands, enjoying family and parties in New York City.
Marcelene lived and loved her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Maggie Boyd; three brothers, Melvin, Rayford, and Dee Boyd; her husband, James Edwin Cox, and son, James Richard Cox.
She is survived by her loyal and loving son, Robert Boyd Cox, wife, Mary Margaret, their children Sarah Ann Cox-Kuss (Luke) and Tanner James Cox; Richard’s children, Dalton Cade Cox (Liz) of Wylie, Texas, Jaime Camille Anderson (Milo) of San Angelo, Texas, and Jay Clint Cox of Abilene; and four great-grandchildren, Edwin Tanner Kuss, Caroline and Hayden Anderson, and Caleb Cox.
Services will be held at Kiker-Seale Funeral Home August 13, 2022, with visitation at 10:00 a.m. followed by graveside service at 11:00 a.m. at the Colorado City Cemetery.
Pallbearers Tanner Cox, Luke Kuss, Kirk Morris, Larry Strain, Mickey Neff, and Cody McCabe.
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