Barbara Cox Anthony

[1] She served as a Director of Cox Enterprises, one of the largest diversified media companies in the United States.

It also owns stakes in a variety of internet businesses, including AutoTrader.com, the largest retail automotive shopping site in the world.

She also made contributions to the Veterinary School of Colorado State University, endowing two chairs in equine health.

She did not have children with her first husband, Bradford Ripley, a naval aviator who died in World War II.

Her fourth husband was Garner Anthony, Jr., who preceded his stepson James Kennedy as chairman of Cox Enterprises, serving in that position from 1974 to 1987.