Owen William Cox Jr.
We are privileged and honored to tell you about the life of our wonderful father.
Owen William Cox Jr., age 89, passed away peacefully on January 6, 2023, in Denver, CO. Born in Lewisburg, WV, to Owen William Cox Sr. and Eleanor Lawton Cox on December 6, 1933. He graduated from Mount Hope High School. He attended college at Marshall University and received his bachelor’s degree. He later went on to earn his master’s degree from Georgetown University.
Owen’s passion was NASCAR racing. He loved all things cars! He owned Price Chevrolet in the late 1950s and was a race car sponsor of a local Beckley driver, Paul Prince. His passion drove him to visit many race car tracks across the United States, while sprinkling his love of racing and history along the way to his children.
On June 28, 1958, Owen married his wife, Alicia Ann, in a large ceremony at First United Methodist Church in Beckley, WV. He and Ann moved to Maryland in the early 1960s. He became an elementary school teacher in inner-city Washington, D.C., and remained in Maryland for 25 years. In the 1980s, he retired from teaching and moved back to Beckley, WV. He left Beckley in the early 1990s and moved to Jacksonville, FL, with his wife. He spent his final years in Denver, CO.
Owen is survived by his two children, Owen W. Cox III of California and Alicia Cox Seitz of Denver; his daughters-in-law, Yvonne Cox and Laura Seitz; and three grandchildren, Kaito, Weston, and Alexandra. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
In keeping with his final wishes, he was cremated.
A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at High Lawn Funeral Home Chapel in Oak Hill, WV.
Visitation will be held from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the funeral home before the service.
High Lawn Funeral Home of Oak Hill, WV, is assisting the family.
