Owen DeVol Cox

Born in Joplin, Missouri, Cox received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kansas in 1931 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1932.

He was in the United States Army during the later years of World War II, from March 1944 to November 1945, and became a staff sergeant.

[1] He was again city attorney of Corpus Christi from 1945 to 1946, thereafter returning to his private practice there until 1970.

He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 25, 1970, and received his commission on December 1, 1970.

Cox served in that capacity until his death on July 21, 1990, in Corpus Christi.