Norman C. Cox USAF Lt. Col. Ret.

Lt. Col. Norman C. Cox, USAF Ret. was born August 19, 1921 at Shady Ranger Station, near Mena, Arkansas - third son of a Forest Ranger. The family moved to Louisiana in 1937 and Norman graduated high school in Leesville, LA. He attended Northwestern State College until 1942, when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Barksdale AFB. He was commissioned in 1944 at Selman Field and was assigned to the 91st Bomb GP as a Navigator on a B-17 crew in England. After WWII, he was assigned to Chanute Field, IL to Weather Officer School. While at Chanute he was married to Jacqueline Nell Myers, of Shreveport, LA on August 4, 1946.

Upon graduation from Weather Officer School he was assigned to Air Weather Service, where he served until retirement in 1964. These assignments included duty as Weather Instructor at AOB School at Mather AFB, Weather Reconnaissance Representative on the Pacific Typhoon Board, Aerial Weather Recon Officer with 54th WRS on Guam, 57th WRS at Hickam AFB, Squadron Weather Officer and Exec 53rd WRS in Bermuda, and finally Recon Liaison Officer to TAC HQ until retirement in August 1964. Stateside assignments included Weather Station duty at Barksdale, Randolph, and Palm Beach AF Bases. While at West Palm Beach he completed requirements for a B.S. Degree at Florida Southern under Operation Bootstrap. After retirement, Col. Cox enrolled in graduate school at Louisiana Tech University and was employed to establish and serve as Resident Coordinator of a program of education at Barksdale AFB. In this capacity he completed the requirements for his MBA and the coursework for the DBA degrees. After five years at Barksdale, he was employed as Assistant Professor of Marketing at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas where he remained for 14 years until his retirement again in 1985. The Coxes moved to Air Force Village I in December 1990 and to Village II in July 1991. Col.

Cox was preceded in death by his parents, Guy Cox and Fannie Head Cox; daughter, Catherine Thompson, sister, Irene Cox Martin and two brothers, Edwin Austin Cox and Reuben Dean Cox.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Jackie Cox; son, Norman G. Cox and wife, Diane: daughter, Connie Cox; son-in-law, Charles Thompson; grandchildren, Casey Thompson and Debbie Thompson and great-grandchildren, Sebastian Thompson and Tori Thompson.

GRAVESIDE SERVICE

FRIDAY

JULY 22, 2011

3:00 P.M.

FORT SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

MEMORIAL SERVICE

SATURDAY

JULY 23, 2011

2:00 P.M.

AIR FORCE VILLAGE II

5100 JOHN D. RYAN BLVD.