Billy Joe Cox

SERVICES: 3:00 PM Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Rev. Dallas Stringer, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, and Rev. Richard Bartel, associate pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. BURIAL: Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Cox was born April 15, 1929 in Seminole, Oklahoma and was a lifelong resident of Pampa. He married Merdeith Waters on September 25, 1953 in Pampa. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving during the Korean Conflict. Billy worked for Ideal Food Stores for 30 years as a butcher. After his retirement he and Merdeith enjoyed their summer home in Daisy, Arkansas with their special friends Red and Ruby Bishop. Meredith preceded him in death on August 5, 2011. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. SURVIVORS: 2 daughters: Renee Marak and husband Lynn, and Brenda Hinds and husband Randy, all of Pampa; 3 grandchildren: Amy Quarles and husband Chad, Casey Knutson and wife Lorrie and Kallie Marak, all of Pampa; 3 great-grandchildren: Bailey Knutson, Nataleigh Knutson and Marlee Quarles, all of Pampa; 2 sisters: Carolyn Bachus of Amarillo, and Eva Lou Hawkins of Chillicothe, Missouri; his stepbrother: Charlie Ritthaler and wife Pat of Pampa; brother-in-law: Myrel Looper of Pampa; 3 nieces: Becky Saltzman and husband Tommy, Debbie Heiser and husband Howard, and Cindy Gruef, all of Pampa; and a nephew: Mike Taylor and wife Nancy of Yorba Linda, California. MEMORIALS: Medical Center League House, 7000 Amarillo Blvd. West, Amarillo, Texas 79106, or Odyssey Hospice, 690 I-40 West, Suite 150, Amarillo, Texas 79106.