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Show DIXIE FICXEER'S CAREER ENDED Mrs. Martha Cragun Cox. daughter of one of the early pioneers pi-oneers of southern Utah, died last 'Wednesday evening at the home of her daughter, M.rs. Francis Bunker, in Salt Lake City, following a lingering illness. ill-ness. Mrs. Cox was born March 3. 1S52, at Mill Creek, and liyed there until 11 years of age. coming to Dixie with her parents par-ents in 1S63. She was one of the first school teachers here, becoming engaged in that career ca-reer when she was 17 years old. and since that time has taught between 45 and 50 years. After her .marriage to Isaiah Cox in the endowment house in Salt Lake, she moved to Overton, Ov-erton, Nevada, and a few years later to Bunkerville. She was a third wife, and assisted as-sisted in the support of her family fam-ily by school teaching in practically prac-tically every community in which she lived. In 1900, at the call of President A. W. Ivir.;. she went to Old Mexico with a party from Bunkerville, and remained re-mained there for seven or eight years. She secured her education largely through her own efforts, and principally by summer school courses; graduated from the L'niversity of Utah. Throughout Through-out her life she w-as an active worker in the church, and has one of trie largest genealogical records of any member of the organization. I Surviving are two daughters. I Mrs. Rose Bunker, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Francis Bunker, Salt Lake, and two sons. Edward Cox : of Salt Lake and Frank L. Cox ! of St.. George. Four children ! have preceded her in death, j Funeral services were held on ! Sunday in the Emigration ward. Speakers included President Iv-; Iv-; ins and Joseph Christensen, preoi-i preoi-i dent of the genealogical society ' of Utah. Musical numbers were ! furnished by Salt Lake temple ; workers and the Relief Society choir of the Salt Lake 30th ward. I |