Nancy Beth Cox, 81, of Washington Court House, Ohio died Wednesday, August 7, 2024, at 4:54 a.m. at the Laurels of West Columbus where she had been residing the past 11 months.
Nancy was born February 27, 1943, in Highland County, Ohio to Glenn and Esther Mae Smalley Roberts. She was a 1961 graduate of Washington High School and then the Nationwide Beauty Academy in Columbus. Except for several years in Columbus, she lived most of her life in this community.
She was a clerk in the Franklin County Auditor’s Office for 25 years before her retirement on October 31, 2014.
Nancy was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Lewis Cox on May 14, 2002; a son, Kevin Carl McCoy on September 26, 1995; the father of her children, Ronald L. McCoy on January 24, 2017, and a sister-in-law, Nancy Roberts on March 21, 2022.
She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Lisa L. and Steve Bailey and Gina and Trent Shaw, all of Washington Court House; six grandchildren, Christopher James (C.J.) McCoy and his wife, Lacy, Carlee McCoy, Kelly Kohli and her husband, Jed, Brad Shaw and his wife, Carrie, Casey Shaw and his wife, Loren, and Derek Shaw and his wife, Cori; nine great grandchildren, Gunner, Harrison and Nash Kohli, Bryar, Hudson, Gavin, Greyson and Parker Shaw and Luke Packard; a brother, Martin Roberts and a niece, Amanda Deem, both of Columbus.
The funeral will be Monday, August 12, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. at the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home in Washington Court House with the Rev. Michael Hodge, pastor at the Walnut Hill Church of Christ in Christian Union, officiating. Burial will follow in the Washington Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 11 a.m. Monday until the time of the service.
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