Laqueta Cox

Laqueta Cox, 78, died Tuesday, August 16, 2011, in Hedley.
Services were held Thursday, August 18, in the First Baptist Church in Hedley with Rev. Bruce

Howard, Pastor, and John Hall, officiating. Interment was held at Rowe Cemetery in Hedley. Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Laqueta was born April 19, 1933, in Northfield, Motley County to James & Edna Boothe Hoover. She married Clarence “Pick” Cox on August 3, 1949, in Paducah. She had been a resident of Hedley since May 1982 where she had been an active member of the First Baptist Church in Hedley. She also was a member of Clarendon Order
of the Eastern Star Chapter #6. Laqueta loved her Lord and was a living example of Godly love, mercy, forgiveness and caring for others. She loved to cook and fed anyone who came to her home. She loved her family, physical and spiritual, all she wanted was to Glorify God with her life.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Pick on September 9, 2008; her grandson, Jamon Cox; her son in law, Elgie McCleskey; and a sister, Nellie Martin.
Survivors include a son, Carl Cox and wife Christy of Hedley; four daughters, Sondra Hatcher and husband Ronald of Childress, Janette Wagner and husband Jerry of Hedley, Linda Crump and husband Morris of Clarendon, and Lucy Poole and husband Joe of Hedley; two brothers, Travis Hoover and Bub Hoover both of Childress; a sister, Rheta Hutchins of Hedley; twelve grandchildren, Billy Ray Cates, Joel Layton, James McCleskey, Willie McCleskey, Elwyn McCleskey, Wyman McCleskey, Julie Edwards, Jessie Cox, Jordan Cox, Ashlee Cox, Logan Cox and Tyler Cox; numerous step-grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and step-great-grandchildren; and many loving nieces and nephews.

The family requests that memorials be sent to the Rowe Cemetery Association.