Eileen Cox

Funeral services for Mildred Eileen Cox, 71, of Bonham, will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015 at First Baptist Church under the direction of Wise Funeral Home. Bro. David Brackett will officiate. Eileen passed away Tuesday morning, Sept. 8, 2015 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas.

Eileen was born September 25, 1943 in Tahlequah, Okla., the daughter of Elmer Austin and Nadine Barrett Austin. She was a graduate of Caldwell High School in Caldwell, Idaho. She received her Associates degree from Grayson County College, a degree in Criminal Justice from Texas A&M- Commerce and her Bachelors degree in Law from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas. Eileen was a Baptist and married Floyd W. Cox on Nov. 4, 1960 in Caldwell, Idaho. She was a member of the Texas Bar Association, National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution, CASA, and the Kiwannis Club. Eileen was a Texas Master Naturalist Volunteer and a member of Natural Parks & Conservation Association. She was the first female County Judge in Fannin County. Eileen was preceded in death by her parents, a son, Timothy Cox, three sisters, Cookie Bennet, Dorothy Simpson and Betty Giesen and grandson, Robert A. Cox.

She is survived by her husband, Floyd W. Cox of Bonham, Texas; two
sons, Toby Cox and Danny Cox wife, Terry, all of Bonham, Texas; a
daughter, Cindy Kennedy and husband, Robert of Odessa, Texas; two
brothers, Richard Austin of New Mexico and Bubby Austin and wife, Betty of Utah; two sisters, June Towsand and husband, Lonnie of Arkansas and Mary George of Georgia; four grandchildren, Lee Clark, Stephen Clark, Theresa Eddington and Taylor Clark; three
rreat grandchildren, Michelle Cox, Marissa Cox and Michael Cox; and
numerous nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends at First Baptist Church from 1:00 PM until service time Thursday. Online guest register www.wisefuneralhome.com