Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth Cox will be held Sunday, December 15, 2019 at 2:00p.m. at Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Algoma South Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00p.m. Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Downs Funeral Home.

Mary Elizabeth Cox, 82, of Marshall, Texas was born on July 31, 1937 to her parents, Fred Lewis Jarrell, Sr. and Virginia Person. Mrs. Cox passed away December 11, 2019 in Longview, Texas with her family by her side. Mrs. Cox was a lifelong resident of Harrison County. She was a member of First United Methodist Church where she worked as an "office angel". She began working at Coca-Cola Bottling Company at age 18 and worked there until it closed in 1986.  She later went to work for the Whaley family, whom she considered her second family, at the Ben S. Pope Trust Office and worked there until her retirement in 2017. Mrs. Cox was a member of the Pilot Club for many years along with Republican Women.  Her favorite things to do were read, travel and recently, needle point.  She enjoyed her family and anything that included her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Mrs. Cox is survived by her two sons, Jimmy Cox and spouse, Penny, and Ched Cox and spouse, Michelle; brother, Jimmy Jarrell and spouse, Carolyn; grandchildren, Kristi Burns and spouse, Cody, Pake Cox, Clayton Cox and spouse, Kymber, and Ginna Cox; great-grandchildren, Reagan Burns, Brody Burns and Keelie Cox. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family and friends.

Mrs. Cox is preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Fred Jarrell, Jr.

In lieu of flowers the family has requested that any donations be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude PL Memphis, TN 38105-9959.