Phyllis Hess Cox, 95, widow of Charles M. Cox, died, Thursday, May 8, 2008.

She was born on Easter Sunday, March 23, 1913 in Middletown (Henry Co.) Indiana to the late Raymond & Altha (Showalter) Hess and was the oldest of their four children.

She was an eloquent lady, loving wife and devoted mother to her three children particularly her handicapped daughter Cynthia. She was active in the Wilderness Road Girl Scouts, USA: a retired insurance agent: an avid bridge card player; a member of various community organizations and a member of Carlisle Presbyterian Church.

Besides her parents and her husband of 45 years, she was predeceased by her brother and his wife, William Clinton "Ting" (Dorothy) Hess, sister and her husband Suzanne (William T.) Davis, and sister Elizabeth "Betty" Kimball all of Middletown, Indiana.

Survivors include her three children, son, Marshall H. Cox, Elizabethtown, daughters, Sally (Larry) Allison & Cynthia V. Cox, Winchester, five grandchildren: grandsons, Scot R. Allison, Carlisle, Bradley B. (Stacey) Allison, Cynthiana, granddaughters, Sarah C. Johnson, Panama City, FL, J. Susann (Alex) Kazunas, Carlisle, Whitney C. Allison, Lexington,: six great-grandchildren: great-grandson, Larkin Johnson, Panama City, Fl, great-granddaughters Madaline Allison, Amelia & Sophia Kazunas, Carlisle, Sarah & Elizabeth Allison, Cynthiana: several nieces and nephews: Martha Cox, Laura Best and business associate Nancye Lyons and her family.

Graveside services will be 11:30 A.M. Monday May 12, 2008 at the Carlisle Cemetery by Rev. Jack Hughes Robinson with interment to follow.

In lieu of flowers contributions are suggested to Carlisle Presbyterian Church, PO Box 111, Charles M. Cox Scholarship Fund c/o Carlisle Rotary Club, 215 E. North St., Nicholas Co. Historical Society, PO Box 222,or Nicholas Co. Tourism Society 120 W. Main St. all of Carlisle, KY 40311.

Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 P.M. Sunday, May 11 at Carlisle Presbyterian Church on Broadway St.