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• 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 22 April, Elmore Township, District 8, page 12B, Hse #216, Fam #225
  Cox, William L  Head M W 32 TX TX  TX  Farm Laborer [born abt 1888]
  Cox, Nora B  Wife F W 32 TX TN TN [born abt 1888]
  Cox, Lester E Son M W 9 OK TX TX [born abt 1921]
  Cox, Chester M Son M W 7yrs6mos OK TX TX [born abt Sept 1922]
  Cox, Vestie M Dau F W 5yrs7mos OK TX TX [born abt Oct 1924 - actual 1 Dec]
  Cox, Virgie Dau F W 2yrs10mos OK TX TX [born abt May 1927]
  
  Family sources tell us Virgie's middle name was Allene.  But we often heard her called by her nickname Put.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 15 April, Lindsay, District 25-12, Page 2B, Hse #15, Rents
  Cox, Bud Head M W 43 Married Grade 4 b Okla Same place Garvin Okla in 1935 Farmer [b abt 1897]
  Cox, Nora Wife F W 43 Married Grade 4 b Okla Same place Garvin Okla [b abt 1897]
  Cox, Vergie Dau F W 12 Single Grade 2 b Okla Same place Garvin Okla in 1935 [b abt 1938]
  
  Put was married 3 times, The husbands' names were first given to me by Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins.
  
  Virgie Cox was married three times; a Tarver was her first husband, and father of all her children; she divorced him and was widowed by two later husbands, Reno Someone and David Engle.
  --  Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, Personal telephone communication to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 3 December 2014 [Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins is the sister-in-law of Virgie's sister Vesta Marie Cox Gregory].
  
  A note on a photo on the Allen Family Tree provided Reno's surname.  In the series of Put's married names, Stephens would match Reno.  "Virgie (Put or Pat) Cox Tarver Stephens Engle."
  --  Note by B J Allen, Allen Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/31307885/person/12523133201/photo/be651254-e587-4a0c-8792-6669811c793d?src=search&ftm=1
  
  Bilile Jean Allen, on the family genealogy, also reports a marriage and divorce date that matches the information we have about Virgie's marriage and divorce from Mr Tarver.  The information is reported without a name, designted "Private."
  
  Virgie Allene (Put) Cox, Birth June 8, 1927 in  Oklahoma
  Marriage 11 Jan 1947 Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma
  Divorce from Private Sep 1957
  Death March 9, 2016 Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma
  --  B J Allen, Allen Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/31307885/person/12420288650.
  
  Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
  David F Engle
  Age 46, Birth Year abt 1934
  Marriage 14 Aug 1980 Cooke County, Texas
  Spouse Virgie A Cox
  Spouse Gender Female
  Spouse Age 53
  Source Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
  Virgie A Engle
  Birth Date 8 Jun 1927
  Route 2, Lindsay, OK, 73052
  
  Virgie is among the survivors listed in her father's obituary in 2000.
  
  "Earl "Red" Lester Cox, Sr, 79, of Whitney passed away on Friday, November 17 [2000], at the VA Hospital in Dallas.  Survivors include: ... one brother - Bee Cox and his wife, Helen;  four sisters - Marie Gregory and her husband, Everett, Virgie Engle and her husband, David, Ophelia Remy, Odelia Martin;  24 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews."
  --  Obituary of Earl "Red" Lester Cox, Sr, newspaper name not given, courtesy of B J Allen, the Allen Family Tree
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  David F Engle
  Born 17 Oct 1933
  Died 16 Aug 2003
  Last Residence Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma  73052
  SSN 456-36-4496 issued Texas (Before 1951)
  
  The follwing memorial on Find a Grave was posted in 2013 because her name appears on a joint stone with her former husband from whom she was divorced.
  
  Virgie A Stephens
  Birth Jun 8, 1927
  Death unknown [9 Mar 2016 Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma]
  Burial Erin Springs Cemetery, Erin Springs, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  [Has a double grave with her husband Reno Stephens from whom she was divorced]
  Created by Audrey (McConnell) Calger Dec 23, 2013
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #122073453, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=122073453
  
  Her obituary from Boydston Funeral Home has her name as Virgie Allene "Put" Engle.
  
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  Virgie Allene "Put" Engle
  Born June 09, 1927
  Died March 09, 2016
  
  Virgie “Put” Allene Engle was born on June 8, 1927 in the Oak Grove Community (Purdy area). She was born to William Lester “Bud” Cox and Nora Belle (Hunt) Cox. She continued to live in the Lindsay area until she married Clyde Tarver and was a military wife while he served his country in Korea. Five children were born to this union. She married Reno Lee Stephens after divorcing. He died in 1979. She then married David Engle and was very happy. He died in 2003, and since that time had been a widow.
  
  She loved her family and they were the focus of her later years. She was known for her letter writing and her ability to keep up with everyone’s birthdays. She also had an abiding love for her animals. She loved talking on the phone and watching “Days of Our Lives”. She looked forward to Turkey Talk each year. She called the radio station frequently and requested her favorite songs. Every person who entered Virgie’s home was invited to call her Grandma. Virgie was a church member of the Fellowship of Living Faith. She read her Bible first thing each morning and read the Bible through twice in one year a couple of years ago.
  
  Virgie passed from this life on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Lindsay Municipal Hospital in Lindsay, Oklahoma at the age of 88. She is survived by her children: Carol and Joe Basinger, Bud and Loverta Tarver, Sue and David Henderson, daughter-in-law Kay Tarver, and her special daughter, Billie Allen. She was very proud of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her grandchildren include: Jason Clymer and Brandi, Samantha Drew and Daniel, Pamela Tygart and Randy, Angel Nunn, Billye Thompson, Brandi Jones and Rodney, Christopher Tarver, Quella and David Meadors, Samuel and Shelly Tarver, Jeremy and Tamie Bagley, Justin and Mica Bagley, Aaron and Casie Tarver, Kaylee Tarver, Caleb, Stephanie and Tenessa Bagley. She is survived by 38 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great grandchildren. Virgie is also survived by two sisters: Marie Gregory and Odelia Martin.
  
  Virgie was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Reno Stephens and David Engle, daughter Diantha Popplewell, son Clayton Tarver and grandchildren: Alexis Russell, Charles Nunn and Eric Tarver; and her brothers: Lester Cox, Chester Cox, and O.E.”Bee” Cox; and one sister Ophelia Remy.
  
  Funeral services for Virgie will be Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Ten o’clock A.M. at the Erin Springs Baptist Church, Highway 76 South, Lindsay, Oklahoma with Pastor Clay Hicks officiating. Interment will follow at Erin Springs Cemetery, Erin Springs, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of B.G. Boydston Funeral Home of Lindsay, Oklahoma. Condolences for the family may be made online at www.boydstonfuneralhome.com.
  --  http://www.boydstonfuneralhome.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/15081/id/3623532
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  Another FInd a Grave memorial for her actual burial was posted after her death.
  
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  Virgie A Cox Engle
  Birth Jun 9, 1927
  Death Mar 9, 2016 Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  
  Virgie A. Engle of Lindsay passed from this life on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Lindsay Municipal Hospital in Lindsay, Oklahoma at the age of 88.
  
  Services for Mrs. Engle are set for Ten o'clock A.M. on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Erin Springs Baptist Church, Highway 76 South in Lindsay, Oklahoma. Interment will follow at Erin Springs Cemetery in Erin Springs, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of B. G. Boydston Funeral Home of Lindsay, Oklahoma. Condolences may be made online at www.boydstonfuneralhome.com.
  
  Spouse David Franklin Engle (1933 - 2003)
  
  Burial Erin Springs Cemetery, Erin Springs, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  
  Created by DLT Mar 11, 2016
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #159257952, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=159257952
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Sources

• 1. Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011
• 2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. Ancestry Trees
• 5. 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 22 April, Elmore Township, District 8, page 12B, Hse #216, Fam #225
• 6. 1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 15 April, Lindsay, District 25-12, Page 2B, Hse #15, Rents
• 7. Obituary of Earl "Red" Lester Cox, Sr, newspaper name not given, courtesy of B J Allen, the Allen Family Tree
• 8. Obituary of William Lester (Bud) Cox, Newspaper not stated, obit courtesy of B J Allen, on the Allen Family Tree
• 9. Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, Personal Communication
• 10. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014