Reuben "Slim" Amos Cox

REUBEN AMOS COX Funeral services for longtime resident, Reuben Amos (Slim) Cox will be held at 1 pm Monday, January 26 at Ertel Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Cortez Cemetery. Pastor Anthony Maes will officiate. Visitation has been scheduled for Monday from 10 until noon. Reuben(Slim)was born November 18, 1921 to LeRoy James and Addie (Wood) Cox in Louis, Okla. He passed away November 19, at the Vista Grand Inn at the age of 93. On January 25, 1941 Slim married Dollie (Simkins)in Blue Eye, Ark. who passed away June 4, 2011. He joined the Navy during World War II and served aboard the USS Thompson as a fireman. He boxed in the Golden Gloves during his service in WWII and loved watching boxing on T.V. Slim was very proud of the Masonic organization and devoted a lot of time to it in his younger years. He received his 55 year award in 2014. Slim, Dollie and family moved to Cortez with the oil boom in the mid 1950's. In 1957 he opened Southside Automotive and ran it until he retired in 1986. He also taught auto mechanics at the Vo-Tech school for ten years. Slim loved racing and anything to do with race cars. He built a drag car in the mid 1960's and had various drivers driving the car. Then in the early 70's he got involved with circle track cars and built several very high horse powered engines. He built a 392 Chrysler Hemi for his old race car when he was 91 years old. He also loved horses, horseback riding and about anything to do with horses. He enjoyed making gifts out of leather to give to close friends and relatives. Surviving Slim are his children, Darrell Cox of Grand Junction, Colo., Bobbie Spore of Cortez, Farrell Cox and wife, Betty of Cortez., Pattie Brown and husband, Jim of Nucla, Colo. and Richard Cox of Cortez. He also leaves behind 17 grandchildren; 44 great grandchildren; 24 great great grandchildren and 10 great great great grandchildren; by his sister-in law Lucille Rask of Denver; sister-in-law, Mutt Shaw of Eagle Rock Mo.; and brother-in law, Hiram Simkins of Montrose, Colo. Slim was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters and one brother; and by his wife of seventy years Dollie.