Owen W. Cox, Jr

We are privileged and honored to tell you about the life of our wonderful father, Owen William Cox Jr., 89, who passed away peacefully on January 6, 2023, in Denver, Colorado. He was born in Lewisburg, West Virginia 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 where he 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, as well as being 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, West Virginia. He and Ann moved to Maryland in the early 1960’s. He became an elementary school teacher in inner city Washington D.C. and remained in the Maryland area for the next 25 years. In the 1980s Owen retired from teaching and moved back to Beckley WV. He left Beckley in the early 1990’s and moved to Jacksonville, FL with his wife. He spent his final years in Denver, Colorado.

Owen is survived by his two children, Owen W. Cox III of California and Alicia Cox Seitz of Denver, his daughter in-laws Yvonne Cox, and Laura Seitz, 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 memorial will be held to celebrate the life of Mr. Owen Cox will be Saturday May 6, 2023 at 1:00pm at the High Lawn Funeral Home in the Chapel, 1435 E. Main St., Oak Hill, WV 25901. There will be a visitation for family and friends at 12:00pm prior to the celebration of life.