Marie (Rockett) Cox Bovender

She was born on March 13, 1945, in Davidson County to Odell Rockett and Ila Mae Shoemaker Rockett.

Marie owned and operated Marie’s Restaurant in High Point for 23 years. She was known for her amazing cooking and for making the best biscuits and gravy in the world! She loved to travel and loved to go anywhere, but she was especially fond of the beach. Marie was known for her great sense of humor and loved to make people laugh. She was a true woman of God and was a member of Charity Baptist Church in High Point. Marie will be deeply missed by her family as she was such a light and comfort to all of them.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Odell Rockett and Ila Mae Shoemaker Rockett; husbands, Jimmy Cox and Donald Bovender; grandson, Brandon Collins; and two brothers, Alvin Rockett and Wayne Rockett.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Lisa Marie Shell (Keith), Leann Doby, J. Michael Cox (Judy), Lorie Lovingood (James), and Paul Cox; stepchildren, David Bovender and Debbie Bovender; ten grandchildren, Robert Collins, Laura Dockery, Matthew Collins, Amber Dennis, Adam Lovingood, Lauren Nunn, Landon Barnes, Alyssa Doby, Kyle Cox and Chris Cox; eleven great-grandchildren; and sister, Mildred Foust.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at Charity Baptist Church in High Point. Interment will follow at Holly Hill Cemetery in Thomasville. The family will receive friends from 12:30 PM until 2:00 PM prior to the service at Charity Baptist Church in High Point.

The family would like to thank the staff of Westchester Manor for their kindness and caring of their mother over the last three years.

Thomasville Funeral Home is honored to serve the Bovender family. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at ThomasvilleFH.com for the Bovender family.