Submitted by Melva L. Taylor
The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois
February 6, 1989 - Monday, pg A2, col. 7
PRISCILLA (Topsy) COX
Tampico: - Priscilla (Topsy) Cox, 102, 200 N. Benton St., died Saturday at the Community General Hospital in Sterling.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Leon United Methodist Church in Prophetstown, with Steve Hartman, pastor officiating. Burial will be in Leon Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. today at the Garland Funeral Home in Tampico.
A memorial has been established to the Leon United Methodist Church.
She was born October 17, 1886 in Leon, the daughter of Sylvester and Eva Howland Cox.
She is survived by foster grandchildren of the Foster Rhodes family and several cousins including Viola Stevens and Marjorie Stevens of Lyndon.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother and one sister.
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