Elois Cox Case

Elois Cox Case was born March 15, 1922 to the late Cecil and Luna Wyatt Cox in Stantonville, Tennessee. Her mother died when she was six years old and her brother Elmo was two. They were raised by their daddy, their grandmother Dora Cox, and their aunt Varner Cox, who all preceded her in death. She was united in marriage to Norvin Case on December 14, 1945. He preceded her in death on May 14, 1990. She was a retired teacher and garment employee.



Mrs. Case was a graduate of Michie High School and Holmes Junior College in Goodman, Mississippi. She was an outstanding basketball player in high school and college and loved to attend Union University basketball games in Jackson, Tennessee and loved to watch basketball games on television.

She is a member of Bethel Springs Baptist Church and a former member of Poplar Heights Baptist Church in Jackson, Tennessee, and West Shiloh Baptist Church in Stantonville. She loved attending her churches and made many good friends. She loved to crochet, sew, and quilt, but her favorite thing to do was to work in her flowers and yard.



Mrs. Case is survived by her brother Terrell Cox and wife Kay of Bethel Springs, Tennessee; two nephews, Larry and Kim Cox; her sister-in-law, Alcie Mae Case; cousins, Joann Stephens and Allean Surratt; and neighbors L. T. and Marge Howell who helped her so much.



When her brother Terrell married Kay, Elois was "adopted" into Kay's family and spent holidays, birthdays, and many other special occasions with them. She always brought her "famous" carmel pie which everybody loved. Terrell and Kay's grandsons, Luke and Levi Johnson, were the love of her life. They were the grandchildren that she never had. She spent many happy times with them and showed their pictures to everyone. they knew when they got to Aunt "E's" house that she would have their homemade chocolate pudding waiting for them. They loved their Aunt "E" very much.



Other than her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her step-mother, May Dell Cox, her brothers, Dr. Elmo Cox and wife Joy, Jerry Donald Cox, and her cousin, Billy Cox.



Norvin and Elois never had children. They loved their nieces, nephews, and cousins as their own and were very close to all of them. They showed their love in return by being so good to her, especially since she has been in failing health.