1916
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2013
H. Morris Cox
July 25, 1916 — February 22, 2013
Dr. H. Morris Cox, Jr.
Clemson, SC
Dr. Headley Morris Cox, Jr. 96, of Clemson, died Friday, February 22, 2013 in Clemson, SC.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, Feb. 25 at the Clemson United Methodist Church in Clemson, SC. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church.
Dr. Cox was born in Mt. Olive, NC, the son of Headley Morris Cox and Frank English Cox.
He attended public schools in Mt. Olive, NC. Dr. Cox graduated magna cum laude from Duke University with a degree in English Literature, and was a member of the Duke University Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Dr. Cox was a veteran of WWII, having received training as a Japanese interpreter at the Naval Language School in Boulder, Colorado. He also served with the occupation forces in Japan.
After WWII, Dr. Cox received a Masters degree in English Literature from Duke University, and a Ph. D. in Englsh Literature from the University of Pennsylvania.
He was associated with Clemson University for over fifty years, serving as Head of the English Department, and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. In 1958-59 he was Senior Fulbright Lecturer in the University of Graz, Austria. In 1958-59 he was Senior Fulbright Lecturer in the University of Graz, Austria. After retiring from Clemson, he graduated in 1984 from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he was on the Dean's List. He practiced law in Clemson with the Law firm of Olson, Smith Jordan and Cox for 26 years.
He was married to the late Irene Todd Cox of Barksdale, SC, and the father of John M. Cox of Greenwood, SC, Deborah Cox Vallance of Greenwood, SC, and Thomas Headley Cox of Chapel Hill, NC. There are three grandchildren, Patrick Cox and Olivia Jackson Cox of Chapel Hill and Alison Cox Jones Heisler of Portland, Oregon.
After Irene died, he married Elizabeth Smith of Clemson. There are three stepchildren, Shelley Hobson of Wilmington, NC, Dale Smith-Henslee of Irmo, SC, and Jed Smith of San Francisco, CA.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Pickens County Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 412, Clemson, SC 29633 or to the The Morris and Irene Cox Theatre Endowment, c/o Clemson University Foundation, 110 Daniel Drive, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com or at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central, SC.
Clemson, SC
Dr. Headley Morris Cox, Jr. 96, of Clemson, died Friday, February 22, 2013 in Clemson, SC.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, Feb. 25 at the Clemson United Methodist Church in Clemson, SC. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church.
Dr. Cox was born in Mt. Olive, NC, the son of Headley Morris Cox and Frank English Cox.
He attended public schools in Mt. Olive, NC. Dr. Cox graduated magna cum laude from Duke University with a degree in English Literature, and was a member of the Duke University Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Dr. Cox was a veteran of WWII, having received training as a Japanese interpreter at the Naval Language School in Boulder, Colorado. He also served with the occupation forces in Japan.
After WWII, Dr. Cox received a Masters degree in English Literature from Duke University, and a Ph. D. in Englsh Literature from the University of Pennsylvania.
He was associated with Clemson University for over fifty years, serving as Head of the English Department, and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. In 1958-59 he was Senior Fulbright Lecturer in the University of Graz, Austria. In 1958-59 he was Senior Fulbright Lecturer in the University of Graz, Austria. After retiring from Clemson, he graduated in 1984 from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he was on the Dean's List. He practiced law in Clemson with the Law firm of Olson, Smith Jordan and Cox for 26 years.
He was married to the late Irene Todd Cox of Barksdale, SC, and the father of John M. Cox of Greenwood, SC, Deborah Cox Vallance of Greenwood, SC, and Thomas Headley Cox of Chapel Hill, NC. There are three grandchildren, Patrick Cox and Olivia Jackson Cox of Chapel Hill and Alison Cox Jones Heisler of Portland, Oregon.
After Irene died, he married Elizabeth Smith of Clemson. There are three stepchildren, Shelley Hobson of Wilmington, NC, Dale Smith-Henslee of Irmo, SC, and Jed Smith of San Francisco, CA.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Pickens County Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 412, Clemson, SC 29633 or to the The Morris and Irene Cox Theatre Endowment, c/o Clemson University Foundation, 110 Daniel Drive, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.robinsonfuneralhomes.com or at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central, SC.
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